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TAKEN CHIEFLY FROM THE 

LITURGY 

OF THE 

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH 

IN THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

and fhom: the 
LITURGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. 



BY THE REV. WILLIAM BERRIAN 5 

An Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, New- York. 



JVEJV-YOBK: 

PRINTED BY T. AND J. SWORDS, 

No, 99 Pearl-street. 



1823 






Southern district of New-York, ss. 

^— —s Ti^ * fc remembered, that on the twenty-first day of 
/ \ -*-* March, in the forty-seventh year of the Indepen- 

I aeal. I ^ence of the United States of America, the Rev. 
* ^_^ ,' William Berrian, of the said District, hath deposited 
in this Office the title of a book, the right whereof he 
claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: " Family and 
Private Prayers, taken chiefly from the Liturgy of the Protest- 
ant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and from 
tlie Liturgy of the Church of England. By the Rev. William 
Berrian, an Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, New-York" 
In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled 
'* An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the 
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Clerk of the Southern District of New-York. 



ERRATA. 

Page 5, line 7 from the bottom, for " other" read ot. 
14, 12, for " hath" read hast. 

37, 7, for " who" read that. 

44, 11, for " shalt" read shall. 

47, 11, for " so" read sore. 

47, 13, for " grace?' read 'grace. \ 

73, 7 from the bottom, for " Apostle" read Ap03ilc> 

98, 2, for " eommunion" read communion. 

98, 11 from bottom, for " enabled" re;id enabled. 

174, 3, for " nto" read into. 

183, at the end of the 9th line from bottom, add the letter f. 



PREFACE, 



A HIS Manual of Devotion for the family 
and closet will be found, it is thought, pecu- 
liarly suited to the taste and feelings of the 
pious in our own communion. The principal 
part of it is taken from our Book of Common 
Prayer, and the rest, which will appear new 
to many, is almost entirely drawn from the 
offices for special occasions in the Liturgy 
of the Church of England. Two or three of 
the thanksgivings, from a different source, 
are written so much in the same style and 
spirit, as not to alter the cast of the work; 
and frequently the compiler himself has thrown 
in such short petitions, or connecting clauses, 
as were necessary to give a proper fulness to 
some defective parts, and to preserve the har- 
mony of others. Wherever the prayers were 
complete in themselves, he has generally 
transferred them as they stand; wherever they 
were too brief and imperfect, he has combined 
the substance of two or three, or collected the 



4 Preface. 

scattered expressions relating to any particular 
subject, so as to make one full and compre- 
hensive prayer. But there has been in all 
cases a studied regard to the general form and 
character of the Liturgy, the several parts of 
penitence, supplication, intercession, thanks- 
giving, and praise being kept distinct. The 
selections from the Psalms, and from the 
other prophetic and poetical parts of Scripture, 
are appropriate accompaniments to the morn- 
ing and evening prayers; and these fervent 
strains will enkindle the spirit of devotion, 
and render the exercises which follow more 
affecting and impressive. 

This compilation was found more difficult 
and laborious than might be supposed from 
the manner in which it is executed; but 
though it does not fully equal the hopes and 
wishes of the compiler, yet he thinks that it 
must be useful and acceptable to all who ad- 
mire the elegant simplicity, the reverential fer- 
vour, the noble elevation of our venerable ri- 
tual, and who have been warmed and animated 
by the evangelical spirit which pervades it* 



FAMILY 



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SUNDAY MORNING. 

fl The master or mistress having called the family to- 
gether, let one of them, or any other whom they 
shall think proper, begin the worship by reading such 
a portion of Scripture as may be convenient. 

fl The selections from the Psalms, before the morning 
and evening prayers, will be used with better effect 
if recited in alternate verses, the person conducting 
the devotions reading one verse, and the other audi- 
bly responding the next. 

npHIS is the day which the Lord hath 
made ; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 
1 will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanks- 
giving, and will call upon the name of the 
Lord* 

a2 



6 Sunday Mernittg\ 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the 
sight of all his people, in the courts of the 
Lord's house; even in the midst of thee, O 
Jerusalem. 

Open me the gates of righteousness, that I 
may go into them, and give thanks unto the 
Lord. 

One thing have I desired of the Lord, 
which I will require ; even that I may dwell 
in the house of the Lord all the days of my 
life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, 
and to visit his temple. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? 
or who shall rise up in his holy place ? 

Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure 
heart; and that hath not lift up his mind unto 
vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour. 

He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, 
and righteousness from the God of his salva- 
tion. 

I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord, 
and so will I go to thine altar : 

That I may show the voice of thanksgiving, 
and tell of all thy wondrous works. 

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, 
and receivest unto thee: he shall dwell in thy 



Sunday Morning* 7 

court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures 
of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 

For with thee is the well of life ; and in thy 
light shall we see light. 

This shall be my rest for ever : here will I 
dwell, for I have a delight therein. 

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me 
in his tabernacle ; yea, in the secret place of 
his dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up 
upon a rock of stone. 

For the Lord God is a light and defence ; 
the Lord will give grace and worship ; and no 
good thing shall he withhold from them that 
live a godly life. 

For this God is our God for ever and ever: 
He shall be our guide unto death. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

ft All shall answer here, and at the end of every prayer, 
Amen, 



8 Sunday Morning. 

A LMIGHTY God and Heavenly Father, 
we * (I) give thee humble thanks, that 
thou hast vouchsafed to call us (me) to the 
knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thy Gos- 
pel, to receive us (me) for thine own children 
(child) by adoption, and to make us heirs (me 
an heir), through hope, of thy everlasting king- 
dom. But chiefly are we (am I) bound, on 
this day, to praise thee for the glorious resur- 
rection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, the 
very Paschal Lamb which was offered for us, 
and hath taken away the sin of the world; 
who by his death hath destroyed death, and 
by his rising to life again hath restored to us 
everlasting life. And as we (I) do most 
heartily and devoutly adore thy name for this 
thine infinite goodness already vouchsafed to 
us (me); so do we (I) most humbly beseech 
thee to continue thy grace and favour towards 
us (me), by disposing us (me) to make a right 

* The change in this Prayer, from the plural to 
the singular number, will show in what manner the 
Prayers which follow may be adapted to private as 
well as family devotion; and the words which for this 
purpose require alteration, will, in the remainder of 
the work, be printed in italics. 



Sunday Morning. 9 

use and improvement of all thy mercies, that 
we (I) may not only worthily esteem them in 
our hearts (my heart), but show forth a due 
sense of them in oar lives (my life), through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

|~| Eternal God, mighty in power, and of 
majesty incomprehensible, whom the hea- 
ven of heavens cannot contain, much less the 
walls of temples made with hands ; but who y 
yet hast been graciously pleased to promise thy 
especial presence wherever two or three of thy 
faithful servants shall assemble in thy name; 
regard, O Lord, our supplications this day, 
in thy holy Church, and accept our imperfect 
services. Let thy Spirit be with us in the 
performance of all our duties, in confession of 
sin to affect our hearts with godly sorrow, in 
prayer to quicken our devotion, in praises to 
heighten our gratitude and love. Grant that 
our minds may be entirely raised from the 
thoughts of this world to the consideration of 
the next, and that we may join in the wor- 
ship of thy Church with such steadiness of 
faith, with such seriousness, affection, and de- 
votion of mind, that thou mayest accept our 



10" Sunday Morning. 

bounden duty and service, and vouchsafe to 
give whatever in thine infinite wisdom thou 
shalt see to be most expedient for us. Bless 
to us also the reading and preaching of thy 
word, and sow in our hearts the seed of eter- 
nal life, that whatsoever in thy holy Scriptures 
•we shall profitably leam, we may indeed ful- 
fil the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord* 
Amen. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, by 
whose Spirit the whole body of the 
Church is governed and sanctified, receive 
our supplications and prayers which we offer 
before thee for all estates of men in thy holy 
Church, that every member of the same, in 
his vocation and ministry, may truly and 
godly serve thee. Make, we beseech thee, all 
bishops and pastors diligently to preach thy 
holy word, and the people obediently to fol- 
low it, that all may receive the crown of 
everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



Sunday Morning. 11 

fl The Lord's Prayer to be audibly repeated by all, 
both here and wherever else it occurs. 

^|UR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed 
be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; 
Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Hea- 
ven; Give us this day our daily bread; And 
forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those 
who trespass against us ; And lead us not into 
temptation ; But deliver us from evil : For 
thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the 
Glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

F¥^HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and 
the love of God, and the fellowship of 
the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. 
Amen. 



( 12 ) 

SUNDAY EVENING. 

"I" ET my prayer be set forth in thy sight as 
•^ the incense; and, let the lifting up of my 
hands be an evening sacrifice. 

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from 
whence cometh my help. 

My help cometh even from the Lord, who 
hath made heaven and earth. 

When I called upon thee, thou heardest 
me; and enduedst my soul with much 
strength. 

O continue forth thy loving kindness unto 
them that know thee, and thy righteousness 
unto them that are true of heart. 

Let all them that put their trust in thee 
rejoice. 

For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing unto 
the righteous, and with thy favourable kind- 
ness wilt thou defend him, as with a shield. 

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither 
slumber nor sleep. 

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil ; 
yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. 

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and 



Sunday Evening. 13 

thy eomiag in, from this time forth for ever- 
more. 

How excellent is thy mercy, O God : and 
the children of men shall put their trust under 
the shadow of thy wings. 

I will lay me down in peace, and take me- 
rest ; for it is thou, Lord, only that makest me 
dwell in safety. 

I will behold thy presence in righteousness ; 
and when I awake up after thy likeness, I 
shall be satisfied with it. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

k LMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord 
"^* Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge 
of all men, we acknowledge and bewail our 
manifold sins and wickedness which we, from 
time to time, most grievously have committed, 
by thought, word, and deed, against thy Divine 
Majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and 
indignation against us. But though for our evil 
deeds we do worthily deserve to be punished, 
yet enter not into judgment with thy servants*, 
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14 Sunday Evening. 

O Lord, but turn thine anger from us, ant. 
give us peace. Deliver us, through thy boun- 
tiful goodness, from the bands of those sins 
which by our frailty we have committed, that 
our sorrowful hearts and oppressed consciences 
being relieved, we may henceforward find thy 
service perfect freedom, and ever set forth thy 
praise and glory, by walking before thee in 
newness of life, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY God, our Heavenly Father, 
who hath given us a good will to serve 
and please thee, grant also unto us strength 
and power to perform the same, that we may 
continually mortify our corrupt affections, and 
daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and 
more. Replenish us with the truth of thy 
doctrine, endue us with innocency of life, and 
dispose us, in all our thoughts, words, and 
deeds, to seek thy honour and glory, that, ac- 
complishing in us the good work which thou 
hast begun, we may be found perfect and 
irreprehensible at the latter day, and come to 
those unspeakable joys which thou hast pre- 
pared for those who unfeignedly love thee, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Sunday Evening. 15 

A LMIGHTY God, who showest to them 
that are in error the light of thy trt*th, to 
the intent that they may return into the way 
of righteousness, grant unto all those who are 
admitted into the fellowship of Christ's reli- 
gion, that they may avoid those things that 
are contrary to their profession, and follow all 
such things as are agreeable to the same. 
Have mercy upon those who are in darkness 
and error, and take from them all ignorance, 
hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word, 
and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy 
flock, that they may be saved among the rem- 
nant of the true Israelites, and be made one 
fold under one Shepherd, Jesus Christ our 
Lord. And of thy goodness, O Lord, com- 
fort and buccour all those who in this transi- 
tory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, 
or any other adversity. And we also bless thy 
holy name, for all thy servants departed this 
life in thy faith and fear; beseeching thee to 
give us grace so to follow their good exam- 
ples, that with them we may be partakers of 
thy heavenly kingdom : Grant this, O Father, 
for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator and 

Advocate. Amen* 



16 Sunday Evening. 

A LMIGHTY God and Heavenly Father, 
who hast given to us thy only and most 
dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, to be our 
Redeemer and the Author of everlasting life, 
who hast sanctified us by thy Holy Spirit, and 
blessed us with repeated manifestations of thy 
present love, and the promises and pledges of 
thy endless favour ; for these great benefits of 
thy unspeakable goodness, we praise and mag- 
nify thy glorious name. And, we beseech 
thee, give us such a sense of thy mercies as 
may appear in our lives, by an humble, holy, 
and obedient walking before thee all our days, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

f\ God, forasmuch as it hath pleased thee to 
^^^ make the night for repose, as thou hast 
ordained the day for labour, grant that we may 
continually watch in the day for the coming 
of our Lord, and so diligently work while we 
have time, that we may not be afraid of the 
night overtaking us unprepared, but lie down 
to our rest in peace, either willing to live or 
ready to die, even as thou, O Lord, in diine 
infinite wisdom shalt see fit. These, and 
all other blessings, for us and thy whole 



Sunday Evening* 17 

Church, we humbly beg, in the name and 
mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord and Sa- 
viour. Amen. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, Sec. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c. 



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( 18 ) 

MONDAY MORNING. 

T)ONDER my words, O Lord, consider 
my meditation. 

hearken thou unto the voice of my call- 
ing, my King^ and my God; for unto thee 
will I make my prayer. 

My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord; 
early in the morning will I direct my prayer 
unto thee, and will look up. 

Thou, O Lord, art my defender; thou art 
my worship, and the lifter up of my head. 

1 did call upon the Lord with my voice, and 
he heard me out of his holy hill. 

I laid me down and slept, and rose up 
again, for the Lord sustained me. 

The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about 
them that fear him, and delivereth them. 

O taste, and see how gracious the Lord is: 
blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 

Praised be the Lord daily, even the God 
who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon 
us. 

He is our God, even the God of whom 
cometh salvation. God is the Lord, by whom 
we escape death. 



Monday Morning. 19 

Because thou hast been my helper; there- 
fore under the shadow of thy wings will I re- 
joice. 

My soul hangeth upon thee; thy right hand 
hath upholden me. 

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and 
after that receive me with glory. 

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and 
there is none upon earth that I desire in com- 
parison of thee. 

My flesh and my heart faileth ; but God is 
the strength of my heart, and my portion for 
ever. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

£\ Lord our Heavenly Father, almighty and 
everlasting God, who hast safely brought 
us to the beginning of this day, defend us in 
the same with thy mighty power, and grant 
that this day we fall int® no sin, neither run 
into any kind of danger, but that all our do» 
ings being ordered by thy governance, may 
be righteous in thy sight, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen* 



20 Monday Morning. 

A ND since it is of thy mercy, O graci* 
"^ ous Father, that another day is added to 
our lives, we offer and present unto thee, our- 
selves, our souls, and bodies, to be a reason- 
able, holy, and living sacrifice unto thee; 
humbly beseeching thee to accept this our 
sincere though unworthy oblation of ourselves, 
and to give us grace to bring our holy resolu- 
tions to good effect, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts 
are open, all desires known, and from 
whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts 
of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy 
Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and 
worthily magnify thy holy name. Deliver us 
from all inordinate and sinful affections, mor- 
tify all vices in us, and so strengthen us by 
thy grace, that, by the innocency of our lives, 
and constancy of our faith, even unto death, 
we may glorify thy holy name, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



G 



RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, 
that like as we do believe thy only be- 



Monday Morning. 21 

gotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have as- 
cended into the heavens ; so we may also in 
heart and mind thither ascend, and with him 
continually dwell. And since, according to 
his most true promise, the Holy Ghost came 
down to teach the hearts of thy faithful people, 
and to lead them to all truth ; grant us, by the 
same Spirit, to have a right judgment in all 
things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy 
comfort, and finally exalt us unto the place 
which our Saviour Christ is gone to prepare 
for us, who liveth and reigneth with thee and 
the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &e» 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c* 



( 22 ) 

MONDAY EVENING. 

npHE Lord is nigh unto them that are of * 
contrite heart, and will save such as be 
of an humble spirit. 

Put me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine 
anger; neither chasten me in thy heavy dis- 
pleasure : 

For I will confess my wickedness, and be 
sorry for my sin. 

My confusion is daily before me, and the 
shame of my lace hath covered me. 

I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and 
mingled my drink with weeping. 

But thou, O Lord God, art full of compas- 
sion and mercy, long-suffering, plenteous in 
goodness and truth. 

O turn thee then unto me, and -have mercy 
upon me ; give thy strength unto thy servant, 
and help the son of thine handmaid. 

Show some token upon me for good ; that 
they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed, 
because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and 
comforted me. 

Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God ; 
lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death;. 



Monday Evening. 2S 

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed 
against him : for if I be cast down, they that 
trouble me will rejoice at it. 

Away from me, all ye that work vanity, for 
the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 

The Lord hath heard my petition; the 
Lord will receive my prayer. 

I will sing of the Lord, because he hath 
dealt so lovingly with me; yea, I will praise 
the name of the Lord most Highest. 

Thou art a place to hide me in ; thou shalt 
preserve me from trouble ; thou shalt compass 
me about with songs of deliverance. 

Great plagues remain for the ungodly ; but 
whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy 
embraceth him on every side. 

Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the 
Lord ; and be joyful, all ye that are true of 
heart. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who 
art always more ready to hear than we to 



24 Monday Evening, 

pray, and art wont to give more than either wc 
desire or deserve, pour down upon us the 
abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us those 
things whereof our conscience is afraid, and 
giving us those good things which we are not 
worthy to ask, but through the merits and 
mediation of Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. 
Amen. 

:'{\ Gracious Father, we confess it to be of 
^*^ thy mercy alone that we are not con- 
sumed, for our sins have cried to heaven, and 
justly provoked thy wrath and indignation 
against us. Grant, O Lord, that the consider- 
ation of this thy repeated goodness may work 
in us true repentance, and increase in us more 
and more a lively faith and love fruitful in all 
holy obedience ; that we, ever trusting in thy 
mercy, protected by thy power, and crowned 
with thy continual and gracious favour, may 
walk before thee in holiness, peace, and joy 
on earth, and after death obtain everlasting 
life and joy in the kingdom of Heaven, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Monday Evening. 25 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, give 
unto ns the increase of faith, that being 
not, like children, carried away with every blast 
of vain doctrine, we may be established in the 
truth of thy holy Gospel. Enliven our hope, 
and fix it steadfastly upon that place where true 
joys are to be found; and pour into our hearts 
the most excellent gift of charity, that, loving 
thee above all things, and our neighbour as our- 
selves, we may obtain thy promises, which pass 
man's understanding, and exceed all that we can 
desire, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen* 

Almighty God, who hast built thy Church 
upon the foundation of the prophets and 
apostles, Jesus Christ himself being the head 
corner stone; grant us so to be joined together 
in unity of spirit, by their doctrine, that we may 
be made a holy temple, acceptable in thy sight. 
Illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, 
with true knowledge and understanding of thy 
word ; that both by their preaching and living 
they may set it forth and show it accordingly. 
Bring into the way of truth all such as have 
erred and are deceived. Help and comfort all 
who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation ; 



26 Monday Evening. 

defend and provide for the fatherless children* 
and widows; and have mercy upon all men, 
for the sake of thy only Son Jesus Christ, our 
Advocate and Redeemer. Amen. 

4T\ Lord our Heavenly Father, by whose al- 
^~^ mighty power we have been created and 
preserved, and by whose infinite mercy we have 
been called to the knowledge of our Saviour, 
and redeemed from sin and eternal death ; for 
these unspeakable benefits, and the daily boun- 
ties of thy Providence, we give thee continual 
thanks, submitting ourselves wholly to thy will 
and pleasure, and studying to serve thee in 
true holiness and righteousness all our days, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amai. 

TTNTO thy gracious protection, O God, we 
commit ourselves, and all who are near 
and dear to us, both this night and ever. • Let 
no casualty, nor any act of wickedness and vio- 
lence hurt us. Let no disquieting thoughts 
disturb our repose. But grant that we may 
enjoy such refreshing sleep as may fit us for the 
duties of the following day. And when we rise 
may we be duly sensible of thy merciful Provi- 



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Monday Evening. 27 

dence towards us, and ever express our thank- 
fulness by a holy trust in thee, and obedience 
to thy laws, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c» 



( 28 ) 

TUESDAY MORNING. 

IT ET the words of my mouth, and the me- 
"^ ditation of my heart, be alway acceptable 
in thy sight, 

O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. 

O Lord, my God, great are the wondrous 
works which thou hast done. 

If I should declare them, and speak of 
them, they should be more than I am able to 
express. 

O Lord, my God, I cried unto thee; and 
thou hast healed me. 

Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of 
hell : thou hast kept my life from them that 
go down to the pit. 

Thou hast been my defence and refuge in . 
the day of my trouble. 

Sing praises unto the Lord, O ye saints of 
his ; and give thanks unto him, for a remem- 
brance of his holiness. 

For his wrath endureth but the twinkling 
of an eye, and in his pleasure is life; heavi- 
ness may endure for a night, but joy cometh 
in the morning. 



Tuesday Morning. 29 

I will always give thanks unto thee for that 
thou hast done ; and I will hope in thy name, 
for thy saints like it well. 

The Lord is my strength and my songj 
and is become my salvation. 

The voice of joy and health is in the dwel- 
lings of the righteous; the right hand of the 
Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. 

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is 
fixed; I will sing, and give praise. 

Awake up, my glory; awake, lute and 
harp: I myself will awake right early, 

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, 
among the people; and I will sing unto thee 
among the nations. 

For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth 
unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the 
clouds. 

Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens, 
and thy glory above all the earth. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be ? world without end. Amen, 



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30 Tuesday Morning. 

£\ Most blessed and glorious Lord God, 
who art of infinite goodness and mercy, 
we, thy unworthy servants, whom thou hast 
made and preserved, holding our souls in life, 
and rescuing us from innumerable dangers and 
troubles, humbly present ourselves before thy 
Divine Majesty, to offer unto thee the sacri- 
fice of praise and thanksgiving. We bless 
thee for protecting us through the past night, 
and renewing thy mercies to us every morn- 
ing. We bless thee for keeping us in health, 
and continuing to us all our comforts and en- 
joyments. And grant that we, receiving thy 
bountiful liberality, may not wholly seek our 
own indulgence in it, but also use the same to 
thy glory and the relief of those that are needy, 
for his sake who went about doing good, thy 
Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

f\ Lord, by whose holy inspiration we think 
those things that are good, and by whose 
merciful guiding we perform the same, grant 
us grace to forsake all covetous desires and 
inordinate love of riches, and to mortify all 
our evil and corrupt affections, that being nei- 
ther hindered by our carnal views, nor our sin- 



Tuesday Morning, SI 

ful passions, from obeying thy godly motions, 
we may always serve thee in pureness of liv- 
ing and truth, through the merits of thy Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 

£\ Almighty God, whom truly to know is 
everlasting life, grant us so perfectly to 
know thy Son Jesus Christ, to be the way> 
the truth, and the life, that being established 
in the belief of his Gospel, walking diligently 
in his commandments, and following the steps 
of his most blessed life, we may finally be 
brought unto the glory of his resurrection, and 
be exalted unto a place in those heavenly man- 
sions which he hath gone to prepare for us, 
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

£\ Lord, who never failest to help and go- 
vern those whom thou dost bring up in 
thy steadfast fear and love, keep us, we be- 
seech thee, under the protection of thy good 
Providence, and make us to have a perpetual 
fear and love of thy holy name. Defend us 
this day with thy mighty, power, and grant 
that we fall into no sin, neither run into any 



32 Tuesday Morning. 

kind of clanger. Mercifully look upon us 
with thy favour, and fill us with all spiritual 
benediction and grace, that walking before 
thee in holiness and righteousness, and living 
with each other in quietness and sobriety, 
love and peace, in this life, we may, in the 
world to come, have life everlasting, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen* 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c. 



( 33 ) 

TUESDAY EVENING. 

From the 51st Psalm. 

XTAVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy 
great goodness ; according to the multi- 
tude of thy mercies do away mine offences. 

Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, 
and cleanse me from my sin ; 

For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin 
is ever before me. 

Against thee only have I sinned, and done 
this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be 
justified in thy saying, and clear when thou 
art judged. 

Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, and 
in sin hath my mother conceived me. 

But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward 
parts, and shalt make me to understand wis- 
dom secretly. 

Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I 
shall be clean; thou shalt wash me, and I 
shall be whiter than snow. 

Thou shalt make me hear of joy and glad- 
ness, that the bones which thou hast broken 
may rejoice. 



34 Tuesday Evening, 

Turn thy face from my sins, and put out 
all my misdeeds. 

Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew 
a right spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from thy presence, and 
lake not thy Holy Spirit from me. 

O give me the comfort of thy help again, 
and stablish me with thy free Spirit. 

Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wick- 
ed, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, 
thou that art the God of my health; and my 
tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. 

Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, and my 
mouth shall show thy praise. 

For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I 
give it thee; but thou delightest not in burnt- 
oiferings. 

The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a 
broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou 
not despise. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 



Tuesday Evening. ZS 

A LMIGHTY God, our Heavenly Father, 
"^ who of thy great mercy hast promised 
forgiveness of sins to all those who truly repent 
and unfeignedly believe thy holy Gospel, have 
mercy upon us y most merciful Father, and, for 
the glory of thy name, turn from us all those 
evils which we most justly have deserved. 
Grant unto us pardon and peace, that we may 
be cleansed from all our sins, and serve thee 
with a quiet mind, through Jesus* Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



f\ Almighty Lord and everlasting God, 
vouchsafe, rue beseech thee, to direct, 
sanctify, and govern both our hearts and bodies 
in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of 
thy commandments, that through thy most 
mighty protection we may be preserved in 
body and soul. Let thy fatherly hand, we 
beseech thee, ever be over us. Let thy Holy 
Spirit ever be with us. And so lead us in the 
knowledge and obedience of thy word, that in 
the end we may obtain everlasting life^ through 
our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. 



36 Tuesday Evening. 

k ND in order that ive may more seriously 
apply our hearts unto wisdom, teach us, 
O Lord, from the daily spectacles of mortality 
around us, to see how frail and uncertain out- 
own condition is. Grant that neither the 
splendour of any thing that is great, nor the 
conceit of any thing that is good in us, may 
withdraw our eyes from looking upon ourselves 
as sinful dust and ashes; but that we may 
press forward to the prize of the high calling 
that is before us, with faith and patience, hu- 
mility and meekness, mortification and self- 
denial, charity, and constant perseverance to 
the end ; so that when we shall have served thee 
in our generation, we may be gathered unto 
our fathers, having the testimony of a good 
conscience, in the communion of the Catholic 
Church, in the confidence of a certain faith, 
in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and 
holy hope, in favour with thee, our God, 
and in perfect charity with the world; all 
which we ask, through Jesus Christ our Lord* 
Amen. 

£\ Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy church 
and household continually in thy true 



Tuesday Evening. 37 

religion, that they who do lean only upon the 
hope of thy heavenly grace, may evermore be 
defended by thy mighty power. And we not 
only make request, O Lord, for them that 
thou hast already called to the true under- 
standing of thy heavenly will, but for all peo- 
ple and nations of the world, who, as they 
know by thy wonderful works, that thou art 
God over all, so they may be instructed by 
thy Holy Spirit, to believe in thee, their only 
Saviour and Redeemer. Raise up for them 
faithful distributers of thy word and mysteries, 
who, setting apart all worldly respects, may, 
both in their life and doctrine, only seek thy 
glory, and the salvation of those to whom they 
are sent. Preserve all Christian rulers and 
magistrates, giving them grace to execute 
justice and maintain truth. Show thy pity 
upon ail prisoners and captives, defend and 
provide for the desolate and oppressed, and 
have mercy upon all men, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen, 



/V LMIGHT Y God, who hast safely brought 
us to the close of another day, we give 
thee humble and hearty thanks for this repeated 
D 



38 Tuesday Evening. 






mercy of thy Providence, and for all the bless- 
ings of this life ; but, above all, for thine ines- 
timable love in the redemption of the world 
by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of 
grace, and for the hope of glory. Continue, 
we beseech thee, thy goodness and loving- 
kindness to us. And since we are not able 
of ourselves to help ourselves, defend us, O 
Lord, this night from all adversities which 
may happen to the body, and from all evil 
thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul., 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen* 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c. 



< ™ ) 

WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

From the 103d Psalm. 

T)RA1SE the Lord, O my soul; and all 
that is within me praise his holy name. 

Praise the Lord, O my soul; and forget 
not all his benefits ; 

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all 
thine infirmities ; 

Who saveth thy life from destruction, and 
crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kind- 
ness ; 

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, 
long-suffering, and of great goodness. 

He will not alway be chiding ; neither keep- 
eth he his anger for ever. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; 
nor rewarded us according to our wicked- 
nesses. 

For look how high the heaven is in compa* 
rison of the earth ; so great is his mercy also 
toward them that fear him ! 

Look how wide also the east is from the 
west; so far hath he set our sins from us ! 



40 Wednesday Morning. 

Yea, like as a father pitieth his own child- 
ren ; even so is the Lord merciful unto them 
that fear him. 

For he knoweth whereof we are made ; he 
vemembereth that we are but dust. 

The days of man are but as grass ; for he 
flourisheth as a flower of the field. 

For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is 
gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no 
more. 

But the merciful goodness of the Lord en- 
dureth for ever and ever upon them that fear 
him; and his righteousness upon children's 
children ; 

Even upon such as keep his covenant, and 
think upon his commandments, to do them. 

The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven, 
and his kingdom ruleth over all. 

O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that 
excel in strength ; ye that fulfil his command- 
ments, and hearken unto the voice of his 
words. 

O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye ser- 
vants of his that do his pleasure. 

O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of 
his, in all places of his dominion : Praise thou 
the Lord, O my soul, 



Wednesday Morning. 41 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen, 

£\ God, who art the Giver of life, of health, 
^~^ and of safety, we bless thy name, that 
thou hast been pleased to preserve us to ano- 
ther day. Gracious art thou, O Lord, and 
full of compassion to the children of men. 
May our hearts be duly impressed with a sense 
of thy merciful goodness towards us in the 
innumerable blessings of this life, and of thine 
inestimable love in the redemption of the 
world by the death and passion of our Saviour 
Christ ; and may we devote the residue of 
our days to an humble, holy, and obedient 
walking before thee, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord* Amen. 

£\ God, forasmuch as without thee we are 
not able to please thee, mercifully grant 
that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct 
and rule our hearts, that we may both per- 
ceive and know what we ought to do, and 
also may have grace and power faithfully to 
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42 Wednesday Morning. 

fulfil the same, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



£\ God, who knowest us to be set in the 
midst of so many and great dangers, 
that by reason of the frailty of our nature we 
cannot always stand upright, grant to us such 
strength and protection as may support us in 
all dangers, and carry us through all tempta- 
tions. We lean only on the hope of thy hea- 
venly grace. Our whole trust and confidence 
is in thy mercy. Favourably then hear the 
prayers of thy servants, and evermore defend 
us by thy mighty power, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY God, who hast given thine 
only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice 
for sin, and also an ensample of godly life, 
give us grace that we may always most thank- 
fully receive that his inestimable benefit, and 
also daily endeavour to follow the blessed steps 
of his most holy life. Mercifully grant that 
we may imitate the example of his courage 
and constancy, his lowliness and humility, his 
meekness and patience, and great charity, and 



Wednesday Morning. 43 

also be made like unto him in his eternal 
and glorious kingdom, where, with thee, O 
Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, he liveth 
and reigneth, ever one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &e% 



( 44 ) 

WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

VJ^HOSO dwelleth under the defence ot 
the Most High, shall abide under the 
shadow of the Almighty. 

I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope 
and my strong hold, my God, in him will I 
trust. 

For he shall deliver thee from the snare of 
the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence. 

He shall defend thee under his wings, and 
thou shalt be safe under his feathers ; his faith- 
fulness and truth shalt be thy shield and buck- 
ler. 

Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by 
night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; 

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, 
nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the 
noon-day. 

A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten 
thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not 
come nigh thee. 

Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and 
see the reward of the ungodly. 

For thou, Lord, art my hope; thou hast set 
thine house of defence very high. 



// cunesaay jcvcnuig. t e. 

Tiierc shall no evil happen unto thee, nei- 
ther shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, 
to keep thee in all thy ways. 

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them 
that fear him, and upon them that put their 
trust in his mercy ; 

To deliver their soul from death, and to 
feed them in the time of dearth. 

Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for 
his help ; and whose hope is in the Lord his 
God. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was }* the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

f\ God, the Father of Heaven ; have mercy 
upon us, miserable sinners. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world ; 
have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from 
the Father and the Son; have mercy upon us, 
miserable sinners. 

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, 
three Persons, and one God ; have mercy upon 
us, miserable sinners. 



Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the 
offences of our forefathers; neither take thou 
vengeance of our sins: Spare us, good Lord, 
spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed 
with thy most precious blood, and be not an- 
gry with us for ever. 

Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. 

O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 
of the world ; 

Grant us thy peace. 

O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 
of the world ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

IF Or this* y 

£\ Most mighty God, and merciful Father, 
who hast compassion upon all men, and 
hatest nothing that thou hast made; who 
wouldest not the death of a sinner, but rather 
that he should turn from his sin, and be saved ; 
mercifully forgive us our trespasses ; receive 
and comfort us, who are grieved and wearied 
with the burden of our sins. Thy property is 
always to have mercy ; to thee only it apper- 
tained! to forgive sins: spare us, therefore, 



Wednesday Evening. 47 

good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast 
redeemed: enter not into judgment with thy 
servants, who meekly acknowledge our vile- 
ness, and truly repent us of our faults ; and so 
make haste to help us in this world, that we 
may ever live with thee in the world to come, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

jf\ Lord, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, 
and come among us, and with great 
might succour us; that whereas, through our 
sins and wickedness, we are so let and hin- 
dered in running the race that is set before us, 
thy bountiful graee and mercy may speedily 
help and deliver us. Heal, O Lord, the dis- 
eases of our souls ; mortify all our worldly and 
carnal desires, and so order our unruly wills 
and affections, that our flesh being subdued to 
the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly mo- 
tions in righteousness and true holiness, to thy 
honour and glory, who livest and reignest 
with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God ; 
world without end. Amen. 

£\ God, who hast prepared for those who 
^^ love thee, such good things as pass man's 



48 Wednesday Evening, 

understanding; pour into our hearts such love 
towards thee, that we, loving thee above all 
things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed 
all that we can desire, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



o 



Lord God of our salvation, who hast 
been exceedingly gracious unto this land, 
continue thy favour and protection to us. Let 
truth and justice, brotherly kindness and cha- 
rity, concord and unity, with all other virtues, 
so flourish among us, that they may be the 
stability of our times, and make this nation a 
praise in the earth. So we, thy people, and 
the sheep of thy pasture, will give thee thanks 
for ever, and will always be showing forth thy 
glory. O Father of mercies, remember those 
who are in adversity and trouble. Grant relief 
to the poor, health to the sick, comfort to the 
sorrowful, and liberty to the prisoners. Dif- 
fuse humanity and charity through all hearts, 
and make us all meet to be partakers of the 
inheritance of the saints in light, for Jesus 
Christ's sake. Amen, 



Wednesday Evening. 49 

A LMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, 
we, thine unworthy se?vants, do give 
thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy 
goodness and loving kindness to us, and to all 
men. We bless thee for our creation, preser- 
vation, and all the blessings of this life ; but, 
above all, for thine inestimable love in the re- 
demption of the world by our Lord Jesus 
Christ; for the means of grace, and for the 
hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give 
us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our 
hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that 
we may show forth thy praise, not only with 
9ur lips but in our lives; by giving up our* 
selves to thy service, and by walking before 
thee in holiness and righteousness all our days, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, 
-with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour 
and glory, world without end. Amen, 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, merci- 
fully look upon our infirmities, and in. all 
our dangers and necessities stretch forth thy 
right hand to help and defend us. Unto thy 
gracious mercy and protection we commit 
ourselves, and all our relatives and friends* 
E 



50 Wednesday Evening. 

O Lord, bless us and keep us: O Lord, make 
thy face to shine upon us, and be gracious 
unto us: O Lord, lift. up thy countenance 
upon us, and give us peace both now and 
evermore. Amen* 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus.Chri&t^&Co 



( 51 ) 

THURSDAY MORNING. 

T Will magnify thee, O God, my King; I 
will praise thy name for ever and ever. 

Every day will I give thanks unto thee, and 
praise thy name for ever and ever. 

Great is the Lord, and marvellous, worthy 
to be praised ; there is no end of his greatness. 

The Lord is gracious and merciful; long 
suffering, and of great goodness. 

The Lord is loving unto every man, and 
his mercy is over all his works. 

All thy works praise thee, O Lord; and 
thy saints give thanks unto thee. 

They show the glory of thy kingdom, and 
talk of thy power : 

That thy power, thy glory, and mightiness 
of thy kingdom, might be known unto men. 

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 
and thy dominion endureth throughout all 
ages. 

The Lord upholdeth all such as fall, and 
lifteth up all those that are down. 

The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord ; 
and thou givest them their meat in due sea- 
son. 



52 Thursday Morning. 

Thou opcnest thine hand, and fittest ail 
things living with plenteousness. 

The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and 
holy in all his works. 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call 
upon him; yea, all such as call upon him 
faithfully. 

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear 
him ; he also will hear their cry, and will help 
them. 

The Lord preserveth all them that love him; 
but scattereth abroad all the ungodly. 

My mouth shall speak the praise of the 
Lord ; and let all flesh give thanks unto his 
holy name for ever and ever. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY God, our Heavenly Father, 
who hast created us by thy power, pre- 
served us by thy mercy, and of thine infinite 
love and goodness towards us hast given to us 
thine only and most dearly beloved Son Jesus 
Christ to be our Redeemer, and the Author cC 



Thursday Morning. 53 

everlasting life; we render unto thee most 
hearty thanks for these great and inestimable 
benefits, and for the daily and multiplied in- 
stances of thy loving kindness to us. We 
beseech thee to give us such a lively sense of 
what thou hast done for us, that we may not 
grow secure and careless in our obedience, by 
presuming upon thy great and undeserved 
goodness, but that it may lead us to unfeigned 
repentance, and move us to be the more dili- 
gent and zealous in all the duties of our reli- 
gion, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

/V God, the strength of all those who put 
their trust in thee, mercifully accept our 
prayers ; and because, through the weakness 
of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing 
without thee, grant us the help of thy grace,, 
that in keeping thy commandments we may 
please thee, both in will and deed. Help us 
to withstand the temptations of the world, the 
flesh, and the devil, and with pure heart and 
mind to follow thee the only God. Graft in 
our hearts the love of thy name, increase ia 
us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, 
and of thy great mercy keep us in the same, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
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54 Thursday Morning. 

A ND seeing that of thy great mercy ws 
have passed the night in rest and quiet- 
ness, grant, O Heavenly Father, that we may 
devote this day, and every other which thou 
shalt yet allow us y wholly to thy service, so 
that all our thoughts, words, and deeds may 
redound to the glory of thy great name. Let 
thy mighty hand and outstretched arm be still 
our defence, thy mercy and loving kindness 
in Jesus Christ our salvation, thy grace and 
Holy Spirit our support and consolation while 
we remain on earth, and finally bring us to 
those unspeakable joys which thou hast pre- 
pared for those who unfeignedly love thee, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c> 



( M ) 

THURSDAY EVENING, 

From the 139th Psalm, 

f\ Lord, thou hast searched me out, and 
known me; thou knowest my down- sit- 
ting and mine up-rising ; thou understandest 
my thoughts long before. 

Thou art about my path, and about my 
bed ; and spiest out all my ways. 

For lo, there is not a word in my tongue, 
but thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether. 

Thou hast fashioned me behind and before^ 
and laid thine hand upon me. 

Such knowledge is too wonderful and ex- 
cellent for me ; I cannot attain unto it. 

Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit, or 
whither shall I go then from thy presence? 

If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; 
if I go down to hell, thou art there also. 

If I take the wings of the morning, and re- 
main in the uttermost parts of the sea ; 

Even there also shall thy hand lead me, and 
thy right hand shall hold me. 

If I say, Peradventure the darkness shall 



56 Thursday Evening. 

cover me ; then shall my night be turned to 
day. 

Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, 
but the night is as clear as the day ; the dark- 
ness and light to thee are both alike. 

For my reins are thine ; thou hast covered 
me in my mother's womb. 

I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fear- 
fully and wonderfully made: marvellous are 
thy works, and that my soul knoweth right 
well. 

How dear are thy counsels unto me, O 
God ; O how great is the sum of them! 

If I tell them, they are more in number 
than the sand; when I wake up, I am present 
with thee. 

Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my 
heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. 

Look well if there be any way of wickedness 
in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 



Thursday Evening. 57 

4 LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who 
^ hcftest nothing that thou hast made, and 
dost forgive the sins of all those who are peni- 
tent ; create and make in us new and contrite 
hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins, 
and acknowledging our wretchedness, may 
obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect 
remission and forgiveness. Stir up in us such 
fervent love to thee, as may enable us to 
redeem the time which we have hitherto mic* 
pent, that our praises may be joined with those 
which thy saints and holy angels shall eternally 
sing to the honour of thy mercy, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 

|^| God, from whom all holy desires, aH 
good counsels,, and all just works do pro- 
ceed, give unto thy servants that peace which 
the world cannot give, that our hearts may be 
set to obey thy commandments, and also that 
by thee we being defended from the fear of our 
enemies, may pass our time in rest and quiets 
ness^ through Jesus Christ our. Lord. Amen. 

^IRANT, OLord, that in all our tempta- 
tions and trials here upon earth, and in 



58 Thursday Evening. 

all our sufferings for the testimony of thy truth, 
we may steadfastly look up to heaven, and by 
faith behold the glory that shall be revealed, 
that our heart and mind continually ascending 
whither our Saviour Christ has gone before, 
we may finally be exalted in triumph unto the 
same place, to dwell with him in unspeakable 
joy for ever and ever. Hear us y for the merits 
and intercession of thy Son Jesus Christ, who 
standeth at thy right hand, to succour all those 
who suffer for thee. Amen. 

f\ God, the Creator and Preserver of all 
^^ mankind, we humbly beseech thee for 
all sorts and conditions of men, that thou 
wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known 
unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. 
More especially we pray for thy holy Church 
universal, that it may be so guided and govern- 
ed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess 
and call themselves Christians may be led 
into the way of truth, and hold the faith in 
unity of Spirit* in the bond of peace, and in 
righteousness of life. Finally, we commend 
to thy Fatherly goodness, all those who are 
any ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body, 



Thursday Evening. 59 

or estate ; that it may please thee to comfort 
and relieve them according to their several ne- 
cessities ; giving them patience under their 
sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their 
afflictions: And this we beg for Jesus Christ's 
sake. Amen* 

:£\ Heavenly Father, by whose great mercy 
^^ we have been kept through another day 
in health and safety, and blessed with out 
usual comforts and enjoyments, we praise and 
magnify thy glorious name. And we humbly 
pray that the devout sense of this thy repeated 
mercy may renew and increase in us a spirit 
of love and thankfulness to thee, its only 
Author. Continue thy goodness and loving 
kindness to us, and make thy spiritual bless- 
ifngs more abundant than thy temporal, that 
we, obeying thy will, and alway living in safety 
under thy protection, may abide in thy love 
and favour unto our lives'* end, and after death 
obtain everlasting glory in the kingdom of 
Heaven, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, Sec. 



< 60 ) 

FRIDAY MORNING. 

fT^HE heavens declare the glory of God ; 
"*" and the firmament shovveth his handy 
Work. 

One day telleth another, and one night cer- 
tifieth another. 

There is neither speech nor language; but 
their voices are heard among them. 

Their sound is gone out into all lands; and 
their words into the ends of the world. 

In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun; 
which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his 
chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his 
course. 

It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the 
heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it 
again, and there is nothing hid from the heat 
thereof. 

Thou makest the outgoings of the morning 
and evening lo praise thee. 

Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it; 
thou makest it very plenteous. 

Thou sendest rain into the little valleys 
thereof; thou makest it soft with the drops of 
rain, and blessest the increase of it. 



Friday Morning. 61 

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; 
and thy clouds drop fatness. 

They shall drop upon the dwellings of the 
wilderness ; and the little hills shall rejoice on 
every side. 

The folds shall be full of sheep; the valleys 
also shall stand so thick with corn, that they 
shall laugh and sing. 

O Lord, how manifold are thy works ; in 
wisdom hast thou made them all. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
■°.ver shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Il/TOST gracious God, the Author and 
Giver of all good things, we yield thee 
unfeigned thanks and praise for thy great and 
manifold mercies to us* We bless thee for 
cur creation, preservation, and all the bless- 
ings of this life ; but, above all, for thine in- 
estimable love in the redemption of the world 
by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of 
grace, and the hope of glory. In the days of 
childhood and youth, in the midst of weak- 
ness, blindness, and danger, thou hast protected 
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62 Friday Morning. - 

us ; amidst afflictions of mind and body, (and 
estate,) thou hast supported us; and amidst 
vanity and wickedness thou hast spared us. 
Grant us so to acknowledge thy goodness, and 
so to remember thy gifts, that every day which 
thou shalt yet allow us may be employed in 
the amendment of our lives, and in the dili- 
gent discharge of all our duties, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

£\ Lord, from whom all good things do 
come, grant to us, thy humble servants, 
that by thy holy inspiration we may think those 
things that are good, and by thy merciful guid- 
ing may perform the same, through our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

£\ Almighty God, who alone canst order 
the unruly wills and affections of sinful 
men; grant that we may love the thing which 
thou commandest, and desire that which thou 
dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and 
manifold changes of the world, our hearts may 
surely there be fixed, where true joys are to 
be found. Give us grace to mortify all worldly 
and carnal lusts, to cast away the works of 



Friday Morning* 6a 

darkness, and to walk before thee in pureness 
of living and truth. And because the frailty 
of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us 
ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and 
lead us to all things profitable to our salvation. 
Stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to 
be our defence against all our enemies, that by 
thy great goodness we may be preserved ever- 
more both in body and soul, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen* 

£\ God, the King of Glory, who hast ex- 
^^ alted thine only Son Jesus Christ with 
great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven ; 
we beseech thee leave us not comfortless ; but 
send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, 
and exalt us unto the same place whither our 
Saviour Christ is gone before; who liveth and 
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, Sec, 



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FRIDAY EVENING. 

From the 25th Psalm. 



TTNTO thee, O Lord, will I lift up mjr 
soul ; my God, I have put my trust in 
thee : O let me not be confounded, neither let 
mine enemies triumph over me. 

For all they that hope in thee shall not be 
ashamed; but such as transgress without a 
cause, shall be put to confusion. 

Show me thy ways, O Lord, and teach me 
thy paths. 

Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me ; 
for thou art the God of my salvation : in thee , 
hath been my hope all the day long. 

Call to remembrance, O Lord* thy tender 
mercies, and thy loving kindnesses, which 
have been ever of old. 

O remember not the sins and offences of 
my youth ; but according to thy mercy think 
thou upon me, O Lord, for thy goodness. 

Gracious and righteous is the Lord ; there 
fore will he teach sinners in the way. 

Them that are meek shall he guide in judg= 



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Friday Evening. 65 

merit; and such as are gentle, them shall he 
learn his way. 

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and 
truth, unto such as keep his covenant and his 
testimonies. 

Psalm 23. 

PF^HE Lord is my shepherd ; therefore can 
I lack nothing. 

He shall feed me in a green pasture, and 
lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. 

He shall convert my soul, and bring me 
forth in the paths of righteousness for his 
name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of 
the shadow of death, I will fear no evil ; for 
thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff com- 
fort me. 

Thou shalt prepare a table before me 
against them that trouble me; thou hast 
anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall 
be full. 

But thy loving kindness and mercy shall 
follow me all the days of my life; and I will 
dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 
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€6 Friday Evening. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

£\ Lord, we beseech thee favourably hear 
^ - ^ the prayers of thy people, that we who 
do worthily deserve to be punished for our 
offences, by the comfort of thy grace may 
mercifully be relieved. Deal not with us 
according to our sins, neither reward us accord- 
ing to our iniquities. Spare us, and let us not 
be brought to confusion. Lift up thy coun- 
tenance upon us^ and give us peace, through 
Jesus Christ cur Lord. Amen. 

Or this. 

f\ God, the Father everlasting, who didst 
send thine adorable, true, and only Son 
into the world to deliver man, have mercy 
upon us, miserable sinners. 

O Christ, the King of glory, who, when 
thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, 
didst open the kingdom of Heaven to all be- 
lievers, we pray thee help thy servants, whom 
r hou hast redeemed with thy precious blood, 



Friday Evening. 67 

and make us to be numbered with thy saints 
in glory everlasting. 

O Holy Ghost, the Comforter, support and 
strengthen our weak hearts, keep us henceforth 
without sin, govern us, and lift us up for ever. 

£\ God, who art the author of peace and 
lover of concord, in knowledge of whom 
standeth our eternal life, whose service is per- 
fect freedom; defend us, thy humble servants, 
in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely 
trusting in thy defence, may not fear the powesr 
of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

f\ God, the protector of all that trust irj 
thee, without whom nothing is strongs 
nothing is holy ; increase and multiply upon 
us thy mercy ; that, thou being nur ruler and 
guide, we may so pass through things tempo- 
ral, that we finally lose not the things eternal. 
Grant this, O Heavenly Father, for Jesujs 
Christ's sake our Lord. Amen. 

k LMIGHTY God, our Heavenly Father, 
who hast purchased to thyself an uni- 
versal Church, by the precious Jilood of 



6S Friday Evening. 

thy dear Son; let not heresies and false 
doctrines disturb its peace, nor schisms and 
divisions weaken it. Take away all hatred 
and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hin- 
der us from godly union and concord, that 
as there is but one body, and one spirit, and 
one hope of our calling, one Lord, one faith, 
one baptism, one God and Father of us all ; 
so we may henceforth be all of one heart and 
of one soul, united in one holy bond of trutb 
and peace, of faith and charity, and may with 
one mind and one mouth glorify thee, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

£\ Blessed Lord, we commend to thy 
fatherly goodness all those who are any 
ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body, or 
estate. Relieve the distressed, comfort the 
sorrowful, protect the innocent, and awaken 
the guilty. Assist those who draw near the 
time of their dissolution, and so fit and pre- 
pare them, we beseech thee, against the hour 
of death, that arVr their departure hence, in 
peace and in thy favour, their souls may be re- 
ceived into thine everlasting kingdom, through 
the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thy 
Son our Lord. Amen. 



Friday Evening. 69 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, in 
^^ whose hands are life and death, by whose 
will all things were created, and by whose 
providence they are sustained, we return thee 
thanks that thou hast given us life, and that 
thou hast continued it to this time ; that thou 
hast hitherto forborne to snatch us away in the 
midst of sin and folly, and hast permitted us 
still to enjoy the means of grace, and vouch- 
safed to call us yet again to repentance. Grant, 
O merciful Lord, that thy call may not be 
vain, and that our life may not be continued 
to increase our guilt. I,lay toe remember, O 
God, that as days and years pass over us, we 
approach nearer to the grave ; and grant that 
we may always live in such a state, that we 
may never be afraid to die, so that we may 
walk in safety and sleep in peace, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c» 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, Sec. 



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SATURDAY MORNING. 

T1/TY soul truly waiteth still upon God; for 
of him cometh my salvation. 

hold thou up my goings in thy paths, 
that my footsteps slip not. 

The Lord ordereth a good man's going, 
and maketh his way acceptable to himself. 

Though he fall, he shall not be cast away; 
for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 

1 have called upon thee, O God, for thou 
shalt hear me : incline thine ear to me, and 
hearken unto my words. 

Show thy marvellous loving kindness, thou 
that art the Saviour of them which put their 
trust in thee* from such as resist thy right 
hand. 

Keep me as the apple of an eye ; hide me 
under the shadow of thy wings, 

From the ungodly, that trouble me ; mine 
enemies compass me round about, to take 
away my soul. 

The Lord shall give strength unto his peo- 
ple; the Lord shall give his people the bless- 
ing of peace. 



Saturday Morning, 71 

The Lord hath granted his loving kindness 
in the day-time, and in the night-season did I 
sing of him, and made my prayer unto the 
God of my life. 

The Lord himself is the portion of mine 
inheritance, and of my cup ; thou shalt main- 
tain my lot 

The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground ; 
yea, I have a goodly heritage. 

I will thank the Lord for giving me warn- 
ing; my reins also chasten me in the night- 
season. 

I have set God always before me,; for he is 
on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall. 

Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory 
rejoiced; my flesh also shall rest in hope. 

Thou shalt show me the path of life : in thy 
presence is the fulness of joy, and at thy right 
hand there is pleasure for evermore. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY God and Heavenly Father, 
who of thine infinite goodness hast given 



72 Saturday Morning. 

us life, protected us in dangers, and crowned 
us with mercy and loving kindness ; we praise 
and magnify thy holy name for these unspeak- 
able mercies. But, above all, we give thee 
most humble and hearty thanks for the re- 
demption of the world by the death and pas- 
sion of our Saviour Christ, who did humble 
himself even to the death upon the cross for 
us, miserable sinners, that he might make us 
the children of God, and exalt us to everlast- 
ing life. And- we* beseech thee to give us such 
a sense of thine inestimable love, as may ap- 
pear in our lives, by an humble, holy, and 
obedient walking before thee all our days, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

|^i RANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, 
the spirit to think and do always such 
things as are right ; that we, who cannot do 
any thing that is good without thee, may by 
thee be enabled to live according to thy will, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

f\ God, whose blessed Son was manifested, 

that he might destroy die works of the 

devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs 



Saturday Morning, ,\> 

oi eternal life ; grant us, we beseech thee, that 
having this hope, we may purify ourselves 
even as he is pure ; that when he shall appear 
again with power and great glory, we may be 
made like unto him in his eternal and glorious 
kingdom; where, with thee, O Father, and 
thee, O Holy Ghost, he liveth and reign eth, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

£\ Lord, who hast taught us that all our do- 
ings without charity are nothing worth ; 
send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts 
that most excellent gift of charity, the very 
bond of peace, and of all virtues; without 
which, whosoever liveth is counted dead be- 
fore thee : Grant this for thine only Son Jesus 
Christ's sake. Amen. 

f\ Lord God Almighty, who didst endue 
^^ thy holy Apostle with singular gifts of the 
Holy Ghost ; leave us not, we beseech thee, 
destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace 
to use them alway to thy honour and glory ^ 
but daily increase in us the spirit of wisdom 
and understanding, the spirit of knowledge 
and true godliness ; and fill us, O Lord, with 
G 



74 Saturday Morning. 

the spirit of thy holy fear, now and for ever, 
that we, running the way of thy command- 
ments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and 
be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure, 
through Jesus Christ pur Lord. Amen. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

The grace of our JUord Jesus Christ, &c. 



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SATURDAY EVENING. 

TTEAR my prayer, O Lord, and consider 
my desire ; hearken unto me for thy truth 
and righteousness sake. 

And enter not into judgment with thy ser- 
vant; for in thy sight shall no man living be 
justified. 

Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender 
mercies, and thy loving kindnesses, which 
have been ever of old. 

remember not the sins and offences of 
my youth; but according to thy mercy think 
thou upon me, O Lord, for thy goodness. 

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the 
glory of thy name : let thy loving kindness and 
thy truth alway preserve me. 

Thou art my helper and redeemer; make 
no long tarrying, O my God. 

1 will hearken what the Lord God will say 
concerning me ; for he shall speak peace unto 
his people, and to his saints, that they turn not 
again. 

For his salvation is nigh them that fear him ; 
that glory may dwell in our land, 



76 Saturday Evening. 

Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy peo- 
ple, and covered all their sins. 

Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, 
and turned thyself from thy wrathful indigna- 
tion. 

Mercy and truth are met together ; righte • 
ousness and peace have kissed each other. 

I will aiway give thanks unto the Lord ; his 
praise shall ever be in my mouth. 

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord; 
the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 

praise the Lord with me, and let us mag- 
nify his name together. 

1 sought the Lord, and he heard me ; yea ? 
he delivered me out of all my fear. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen, 

£\ God, whose nature and property is evei 
to have mercy and to forgive, receive our 
humble petitions, and though we be tied and 
bound with the chain of our sins, yet through 
thy bountiful goodness loose and deliver us, 
Turn thou us y O good Lord, and so shall 



Saturday Evening. 77 

be turned. Grant us true repentance ; forgive 
Ml all oar sins, negligences, and ignorances ; 
and endue us with the grace of thy Holy 
Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy 
holy word, that truly serving thee in holiness 
and righteousness all our days, we may come 
at last to thy eternal joy, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

£\ God, who didst appoint the sacred rest 
of the Sabbath as a sign between thee 
and us, of thy mercy in the creation of the 
world, and afterwards didst translate it to the 
first day of the week, as a memorial of the 
resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord ; 
prepare our hearts so to use these days of rest 
and of public worship, that our prayers and; 
praises may be acceptable in thy sight. Give 
us grace to serve thee with reverence and godly 
fear; affect us with an awful apprehension of 
thy Divine Majesty, and a deep sense of our 
unworthiness, that so approaching thy sanc- 
tuary with lowliness and devotion, and coming 
before thee with clean thoughts and pure 
hearts^ with bodies undefiled, and minds sanc- 
tified, we may at length be found worthy of 



78 Saturday Evening. 

a part in thy eternal rest, and in the continual 
hymns of angels and blessed spirits, in the 
life to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord* 
Amen* 

Tl/I'QST merciful Father, we beseech thee 
"^ to send upon the ministering servants of 
the sanctuary thy heavenly blessing ; that they 
may be clothed with righteousness, and that 
thy word spoken by their mouths may have 
such success, that it may never be spoken in 
vain. Grant also that we may have grace to 
hear and receive what they shall deliver out of 
thy most holy word, or agreeably to the same, 
as the means of our salvation ; that in all out 
words and deeds we -may seek thy glory, and 
the increase of thy kingdom, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen* 

1f This to be used before the Communion. 

r |~1 RANT, O Lord, that in coming to die 
blessed sacrament of the body and blood 
of Christ, we may receive that holy ordinance 
with faith, charity, and true repentance ; and 
being tilled with thy grace and heavenly bene- 



Saturday Evening, 70 

fiction, may, to our great and endless com- 
fort, obtain remission of our sins, and all other 
benefits of his passion. We do most heartily 
thank thee that thou dost vouchsafe in this 
holy sacrament to assure us of thy favour and 
goodness towards us, by making us very mem* 
bers incorporate in the mystical body of thy 
Son, and heirs, through hope, of thy everlast- 
ing kingdom. And we most humbly beseech 
thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with 
thy grace, that we may continue in that holy 
fellowship, and do all such good works as 
thou hast prepared for us to walk in, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and 
the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world 
without end. Amen.~\ 

1%/TERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to 
cast thy bright beams of light upon thy 
Church, that it being instructed by the doc- 
trine of thy blessed Apostles and Evangelists, 
may so : walk in the light of thy truth, that it 
may at length attain to everlasting life. Look 
with pity upon the sufferings of the needy, 
and the sorrows of the afflicted, consoling them 
with a sense of thy goodness^ and enduing 



80 Saturday Evening. 

them with resignation to thy blessed vvilL 
Comfort and succour all those who are in re- 
proach and misery in the house of bondage ; \ 
and forasmuch as thou alone bringest light out I 
of darkness, and good out of evil, grant that , 
the pains and punishments which these thy 
servants endure, through their bodily confine- 
ment, may tend to setting free their souls | 
from the chains of sin, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

A LM1GHTY God, by whose will we xvcre 
created, and by whose providence we 
ar* sustained* by whose mercy we have been 
called to the knowledge of our Redeemer, and 
by whose grace whatever good we have 
thought or done has been inspired and direct- 
ed ; grant that we may review our past lives with. 
a spirit of thankfulness and submission, that 
in affliction we may remember how often w& 
have been succoured, and in prosperity may- 
know and confess from whose hand the bless- 
ing is received. Enable us to improve the 
time which thou shalt yet allow us, that we 
may daily become purer in thy sight, and, 
as we draw nearer and nearer to tie grave, I 



Saturday Evening. 81 

strengthen our faith, enliven our hope, increase 
our charity, and perfect our repentance, and 
so help us by thy Holy Spirit, that when it 
shall be thy pleasure to call us hence, xve may 
be received to everlasting happiness, for the 
sake of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

TTNTO thy gracious protection, O God, we 
commit ourselves both this night and 
ever. Put away from us all hurtful things, 
and stretch forth thy right hand to help and 
defend us in all our dangers and necessities, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c, 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c* 



MOKNING PBAYER. 

4 LMIGHTY and everlasting God, in 
whom we live, and move, and have our 
being; we, thy needy creatures, render thee 
our humble praises, for thy preservation of us 
from the beginning of our lives to this day, 
and especially for having delivered us from the 
dangers of the past night. To thy watchful 
providence we owe it, that no disturbance hath 
come nigh as or our dwelling ; but, that we 
are brought in safety to the beginning of this 
day. For these thy mercies, we bless and 
magnify thy glorious name; humbly beseech- 
ing thee to accept this our morning sacrifice of 
praise and thanksgiving; for his sake who lay 
down in the grave, and rose again for us, thy 
Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

A ND since it is of thy mercy, O gracious 
Father, that another day is added to our 
lives; we here dedicate both our souls and 
our bodies to thee and thy service, in a sober, 
righteous, and godly life: in which resolu- 
tion, do thou, O merciful God, confirm and 
strengthen us; that, as we grow in age, we- 



Morning Prayer. '83 

-may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of 
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

"OUT, O God, who knowest the weakness 
and corruption of our nature, and the 
manifold temptations which we daily meet 
with ; we humbly beseech thee to have com- 
passion on our infirmities, and to give us the 
constant assistance of thy Holy Spirit ; that 
we may be effectually restrained from sin, and 
excited to our duty. Imprint upon our hearts 
such a dread of thy judgments, and such a 
grateful sense of thy goodness to us, as may 
make us both afraid and ashamed to offend 
thee. And, above all, keep in our minds a 
lively remembrance of that great day, in which 
we must give a strict account of our thoughts, 
words, and actions ; and, according to the 
works done in the body, be eternally rewarded 
or punished, by him whom thou hast appoint- 
ed the Judge of quick and dead, thy Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

TN particular, we implore thy grace and pro- 

tection for the ensuing day. Keep us 

temperate in oar % meats and drinks, and dili- 



34 Morning Prayer. 

gent in our several callings. Grant us pa 
tience under any afflictions thou shalt see fit to 
lay on us, and minds always contented with 
our present condition. Give us grace to be 
just and upright in all our dealings ; quiet and 
peaceable ; full of compassion ; and ready to 
do good to all men, according to our abilities 
and opportunities. Direct us in all our ways 
(*and prosper the works of our hands in the 
business of our several stations.) Defend us 
from all dangers and adversities ; and be gra- 
ciously pleased to take us, and all things be- 
longing to us, under thy Fatherly care and pro- 
tection. These things, and whatever else thou 
shalt see necessary and convenient to us, we 
humbly beg, through the merits and media- 
tion of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Sa- 
viour. Amen. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, Sec. 

* On Sunday morning instead of this, say t and Iel 
thy Holy Spirit accompany us to the place of thy public 
worship, making us serious and attentive, and raising 
our minds from the thoughts of this world to the consi- 
deration of the next, that we may fervently join in the 
prayers and praises of thy Church, and listen to our 
duty with honest hearts, in order to practise it. 



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EVENING PRAYER. 

*jl/rOST merciful God, who art of purer 
eyes than to behold iniquity, and hast 
promised forgiveness to all those who confess 
and forsake their sins ; we come before thee in 
an humble sense of our own unworthiness, 
acknowledging our manifold transgressions of 
thy righteous laws. But, O gracious Father, 
who desirest not the death of a sinner, look 
upon us, we beseech thee, in mercy, and for- 
give us all our transgressions. Make us deeply 
sensible of the great ^vil of them ; and work 
in us an hearty contrition ; that we may obtain 
forgiveness at thy hands, who art ever ready 
to receive humble and penitent sinners; for 
the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, our only 
Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. 

A ND lest, through our own frailty, or the 
^ temptations which encompass its, we be 
drawn again into sin, vouchsafe us y we be- 
seech thee, the direction and assistance of thy 
Holy Spirit. Reform whatever is amiss in the 
temper and disposition of our souls; that no 
H 



86 Evening Prayer. 

unclean thoughts, unlawful designs, or inordi- 
nate desires, may rest there. Purge our hearts 
from envy, hatred, and malice ; that we may 
never suffer the sun to go down upon our 
wrath ; but may always go to our rest in peace, 
charity, and good-will, with a conscience void 
of offence towards thee and towards men: 
that so we may be preserved pure and blame- 
less unto the coming of our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. Amen, 

A ND accept, G Lord, our intercessions for 
all mankind. Let the light of thy Gospel 
shine upon all nations ; and may as many as 
have received it live as becomes it. Be gra- 
cious unto thy Church; and grant that every 
member of the same, in his vocation and mi- 
nistry, may serve thee faithfully. Bless all in 
authority over us; and so rule their hearts and 
Strengthen their hands, that they may punish 
wickedness and vice, and maintain thy true 
religion and virtue. Send down thy blessings, 
temporal and spiritual, upon all our relations, 
friends, and neighbours. Reward all who have 
done us good, and pardon all those who have 
done or wish us evil, and give them repentance 



Evening Prayer. $7 

and better minds. Be merciful to all who are 
in any trouble; and do thou, the God of pity, 
administer to them according to their several 
necessities, for his sake who went about doing 
good, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

PlnO ouy prayers, O Lord, we join our un- 
feigned thanks for all thy mercies; for 
our being, our reason, and all other endow- 
ments and faculties of soul and body ; for our 
health, friends, food, and raiment, and all 
the other comforts and conveniences of life. 
Above all, we adore thy mercy, in sending 
thy only Son into the world to redeem us from 
sin and eternal death, and in giving us the 
knowledge and sense of our duty towards thee. 
We bless thee for thy patience with us, not- 
withstanding our many and great provocations; 
for all the directions, assistances, and com- 
forts of thy Holy Spirit ; for thy continual care 
and watchful providence over us through the 
whole course of our lives ; and particularly for 
the mercies and benefits of the past day : Be- 
seeching thee to continue these thy blessings 
to us; and to give us grace to show our thank- 



§8 Evening Prayer. 

fulness in a sincere obedience to his laws, 
through whose merits and intercession we 
received them all, thy Son our Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

TN particular, we beseech thee to continue 
thy gracious protection to us this night. 
Defend US from all dangers and mischiefs, and 
from the fear of them ; that we may enjoy such 
refreshing sleep, as may lit us for the duties 
of the following day. Make us ever mindful 
of the time when we shall lie down in the 
dust; and grant us grace always to live in 
such a state, that we may never be afraid to 
die : So that living and dying we may be 
thine, through the merits and satisfaction of 
thy Son Christ Jesus, in whose name we offer 
up these our imperfect prayers. Amen. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c* 



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PENITENTIAL PRAYERS. 

The following Prayers may be substituted for others in 
the foregoing collection, or added to them. 

A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father; 
We have erred and strayed from thy ways 
like lost sheep. We have followed too much 
the devices and desires of our own hearts. 
We have offended against thy holy laws. We 
have left undone those things which -we ought 
to have done; And we have done those things 
which we ought not to haVe done: And there 
is no health in us* But thou, O Lord, have 
mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare 
thou those, O God, who confess their faults. 
Restore thou those who are penitent ; Accord- 
ing to thy promises declared unto mankind, 
in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most 
merciful Father, for his sake ; That we may 
hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober 
life ; To the glory of thy holy name. Amen, 

A LMIGHTY God, our Heavenly Father, 
who of thy great mercy hast promised 
forgiveness of sins to all those who, with hearty 
h2 



90 Penitential Prayers, 

repentance and true faith, turn unto thee, have 
mercy upon us ; pardon and deliver us from 
all our sins, confirm and strengthen us in 
all goodness, and bring us to everlasting life, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen* 

f\ God, merciful Father, who despisest not 
^^ the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the 
desire of such as are sorrowful; mercifully 
assist our prayers which we make before thee 
in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever 
they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that 
those evils which the craft and subtilty of the 
devil or man worketh against us, may, by thy 
good providence, be brought to nought ; that 
we, thy servants, being hurt by no persecu- 
tions, may evermore give thanks unto thee, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A LMIGHT Y God, the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, who desirest not the death 
of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from 
his wickedness and live, grant us, we beseech 
thee, true repentance and thy Holy Spirit, that 
those things may please thee which we do at 
this present, and that the rest of our life here- 



Penitential Prayers* 91 

after may be pure and holy, so that at the last 
we may come to thy eternal joy, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

"O EMEMBER not, Lord, our offences, nor 
the offences of our forefathers; neither 
take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us 9 
good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast 
redeemed with thy most precious blood, and 
be not angry with us for ever. 

By thine agony and bloody sweat; by thy 
cross and passion ; by thy precious death and 
burial ; by thy glorious resurrection and ascen- 
sion; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

O Christ, hear us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, 

Christ, have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

£\ Most merciful God, who, according to 
^~^ the multitude of thy mercies, dost so put 
away the sins of those who truly repent, that 
thou rememberest them no more, have mercy 
upon us, thy servants, who most earnestly 
desire pardon and forgiveness. Renew in us> 



92 Penitential Prayers. 

most loving Father, whatsoever hath been de- 
cayed by the fraud and malice of the devil, or 
by our own carnal will and frailness. Wash 
us> we pray thee, in the blood of that imma- 
culate Lamb that was slain to take away the 
sins of the world; that whatsoever defilements 
toe may have contracted in the midst of this 
miserable world, through the lusts of the flesh, 
or the wiles of Satan, being cleansed and done 
away, we may be presented pure and without 
spot before thee, through the merits of Jesus 
Christ, thine only Son our Lord. Amen. 

f\ Lord, we beseech thee, mercifully hear 
our prayers, and spare all those who con- 
fess their sins unto thee ; that we, whose con- 
sciences by sin are accused, by thy merciful 
pardon may be absolved ; and grant, that we 
may ever hereafter serve and please thee in 
newness of life, to the honour and glory of thy 
name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 3 dmen. 



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PRAYERS FOR GRACE, 

A LMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose 
only gift it cometh that thy faithful people 
do unto thee true and laudable service ; grant, 
we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully 
serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to 
attain thy heavenly promises, through the me- 
rits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY God, give us grace that wc 
may cast away the works of darkness, 
and put upon us the armour of light, now in 
the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son 
Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility ; 
that in the last day, when he shall come again 
in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick 
and dead, we may rise to the life immortal^ 
through him who liveth and reigneth with thee 
and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. 

f\ Almighty and most merciful God, of thy 

bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech 

thee, from all things that may hurt us; that 

we, being ready both in body and soul, may 



94* Prayers for Grace* 

cheerfully accomplish those things which thou 
commandest, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

£\ Almighty God, who hast knit together 
thine elect in one communion and fellow- 
ship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ 
our Lord; grant us grace so to follow thy 
blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, 
that we may come to those unspeakable joys, 
which thou hast prepared for those who un- 
feignedly love thee, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen* 

g~VLord, who for our sake didst fast forty 
days and forty nights; give us grace to 
use such abstinence, that our flesh being sub- 
dued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly 
motions in righteousness and true holiness, to 
thy honour and glory, who livest and reignest 
with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, 
world without end. Amen. 

^LLMIGHTY and everlasting God, who 

hast given unto us, thy servants, grace, 

by the confession of a true faith, to acknow- 



Prayers for Grace. 95 

ledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in 
the power of the Divine Majesty to worship 
the Unity; we beseech thee that thou would- 
est keep us steadfast, in thisTaith; and grant us 
so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe 
in every mystery of thy Gospel, that our faith 
in thy sight may never be reproved. Save 
us from all error, pride, and prejudice, and 
give us godly simplicity, and true wisdom, 
that we may embrace whatever is clearly re- 
vealed in thy holy word, and ever hold fast the 
blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou 
hast given us in thy Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

T1LESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy 
*^ Scriptures to be written for our learning; 
grant that we may in such wise hear them, 
read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, 
that by patience, and comfort of thy holy word, 
we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed 
hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given 
us in our Saviour Jesus -Christ. Amen. 

\^KTE humbly beseech thee, O Father, mer- 
cifully to t look upon our infirmities; 



36 Frayersfor Grace. 

and, for the glory of thy name, turn from us 
all those evils that we most justly have deserv- 
ed ; and grant that, in all our troubles, we may 
put our whole trust and confidence in thy 
mercy; and evermore serve thee in holiness 
and pureness of living, to thy honour and 
glory, through our only Mediator and Ad 
vocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 

A SSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these 
our supplications and prayers ; and dis- 
pose the way of thy servants towards the at- 
tainment of everlasting salvation ; that among 
all the changes and chances of this mortal life, 
they may ever be defended by thy most gra- 
cious and ready help, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wis- 
dom, who know est our necessities before 
we ask, and our ignorance in asking ; we be- 
seech thee to have compassion upon our in- 
firmities ; and those things which for our un- 
worthiness we dare not, and for our blindness 
we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the 
worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



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OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 

For Persons in Want. 

f\ God, Heavenly Father, who, by thy Son 
Jesus Christ, hast promised to all those 
who seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness 
thereof, all things necessary to their bodily 
sustenance ; send us, we beseech thee, in this 
our necessity, such relief as thou shalt see ex- 
pedient for us, that we may receive the boun- 
ties of thy providence to our comfort, and to 
thy honour, through Jesus Christ our Lord; 
Amen* 

Upon the Death of an Acquaintance or Friend. 

£\ God, whose days are without end, and 
whose mercies cannot be numbered; 
make us, we beseech thee, deeply sensible of 
the shortness and uncertainty of human life; 
and let thy Holy Spirit lead us through this 
vale of misery, in holiness and righteousness 
all the days of our lives : that when we shall 
have served thee in our generation, we may 
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98 Occasional Prayers, 

be gathered unto our fathers, having the testi- 
mony of a good conscience; in the eommu- 
nion of the Catholic Church ; in the confidence 
of a certain faith ; in the comfort of a reason- 
able, religious, and holy hope; in favour with 
thee our God, and in perfect charity with the 
world : All which we ask through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

Upon the Death of a Friend eminent for Piety. 

OLESSED Lord, in whose sight the death 
-^ of thy saints is precious, we magnify thy 
name for thine abundant goodness bestowed 
upon our departed friend, by which he was 
enabled so cheerfully to follow the steps of his 
blessed Master in his meekness and patience, 
his gentleness and submission, his courage and 
constancy, and great charity. We give thee 
hearty thanks for the good example of this thy 
servant, who, having finished his course in 
faith, doth now rest from his labours. And 
we beseech thee, that we, with all those who 
are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, 
may have our perfect consummation and bliss, 
both in body and soul, in thy eternal and 



Occasional Prayers, 99 

everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen, 

A Prayer to be used by married Persons, for 
Domestic Love and Union, and the proper 
Nurture of Children, 

f\ God, who hast consecrated the estate of 
matrimony to such an excellent mystery, 
that in it is signified and represented the spiri- 
tual marriage and unity between Christ and 
his Church j grant that we may ever remain in 
perfect love and peace together, and live ac- 
cording to thy laws. Make us kind in our 
dispositions towards each other, charitable and 
indulgent in our thoughts, gentle and forbear- 
ing in our conversation, faithful and unspotted 
in our conduct. And as this holy estate was 
ordained for our mutual society, help and 
comfort, both in prosperity and adversity, keep 
us in tender communion and fellowship, and 
fill us with all spiritual benediction and grace, 
that we may so live together in this life, that 
in the world to come we may have life ever- 
lasting. We beseech thee also to assist us 
with thy blessing, that we may bring up our 



100 Occasional Prayers: 

children in thy nurture and fear. Let not our 
wholesome instructions lose their effect from 
our own negligence and sinfulness, from the 
violence of our passions, and the harshness of 
our rebukes, but enable us to set before them 
an example of all virtuous and godly living, 
to the praise and honour of thy holy name, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ametr. 

For a Sick Person. 

d^ Father of mercies, and God of all com- 
fort, our only help in time of need; look 
down from Heaven, xve humbly beseech thee, 
behold, visit, and relieve thy sick servant, for 
whom our prayers are desired. Look upon 
him with the eyes of thy mercy ; comfort him 
with a sense of thy goodness ; preserve him 
from the temptations of the enemy ; give him 
patience under his affliction ; and, in thy good 
time, restore him to health, and enable him 
to lead the residue of his life in thy fear, and 
to thy glory : Or else give him grace so to 
take thy visitation, that, after this painful life 
ended, he may dwell with thee in life everlast- 
ing, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Occasional Prayers. 101 



For a Sick Child. 

A LMIGHTY God, and merciful Father, 
to whom alone belong the issues of life 
and death; look down from Heaven, we hum- 
bly beseech thee, with the eyes of mercy, 
upon the sick child for whom our prayers are 
desired. Deliver him, O Lord, in thy good 
appointed time, from his bodily pain, and visit 
him with thy salvation; that if it should be thy 
good pleasure to prolong his days here on 
earth, he may live to thee, and be an instru- 
ment of thy glory, by serving thee faithfully, 
and doing good in his generation : Or else 
receive him into those heavenly habitations, 
where the souls of those who sleep in the Lord 
Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant 
this, O Lord, for the love of thy Son, our 
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

For a Person under Affliction. 

f\ Merciful God, and Heavenly Father, who 

hast taught us, in thy holy Word, that 

thou dost not wiilingly afflict or grieve the 



102 Occasional Prayers. 

children of men ; look with pity, we beseecL 
thee, upon the sorrows of thy servant, for whom 
our prayers are desired. In thy wisdom thou 
hast seen fit to visit *him with trouble, and to 
bring distress upon him. Remember him, O 
Lord, in mercy ; sanctify thy fatherly correc- 
tion to him ; endue his soul with patience un- 
der his affliction, and with resignation to thy 
blessed will ; comfort him with a sense of thy 
goodness ; lift up thy countenance upon him t 
and give him peace, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



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THANKSGIVINGS. 

A Thanksgiving for the Beginning of a 
Recovery from Sickness* 

l^REAT and mighty God, who bringest 
down to the grave, and bringest up again ; 
we bless thy wonderful goodness, for having 
turned our heaviness into joy, and our mourn- 
ing into gladness, by restoring this our bro- 
ther to some degree of his former health. 
Blessed be thy name, that thou didst not for- 
sake him in his sickness ; but didst visit him 
with comforts from above; didst support him 
in patience and submission to thy will ; and, 
at last, didst send him seasonable relief. Per- 
fect, we beseech thee, this thy mercy towards 
him; and prosper the means which shall be 
made use of for his cure : That being restored 
to health of body, vigour of mind, and cheer- 
fulness of spirit, he may be able to go to thine 
house, to offer thee an oblation with great 
gladness ; and to bless thy holy name for all 
thy goodness towards him, through Jesus 
Christ our Saviour; To whom with thee and 



10& Thanksgivings, 

the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, world 
without end* Amen. 

For a Recovery from Sickness* 

f\ God, who art the Giver of life, of health, 
^^ and of safety ; we bless thy name, that 
thou hast been pleased to deliver from his bo- 
dily sickness this thy servant, who now desir* 
eth to return thanks unto thee. Gracious art 
thou, O Lord, and full of compassion to the 
children of men. May his heart be duly im- 
pressed with a sense of thy merciful goodness, 
and may he devote the residue of his days to 
an humble, holy, and obedient walking before 
thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ame?i> 



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PRAYERS 

TO BE USED ON THE FESTIVALS AND FASTS OF THE CHURCIJ, 

Saint Andrew* s Day. 

A LMIGHTY God, who didst give such 
grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint An- 
drew, that he readily obeyed the calling of 
thy Son Jesus Christ, and folio wejd him with- 
out delay ; grant unto us all, that we, being 
called by thy holy word, may forthwith give 
up ourselves obediently to fulfil thy holy com- 
mandments, through the same Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen, 

Saint Thomas the Apostle* 

4 LMIGHTY and everliving God, who, 
for the greater confirmation of the faith, 
didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be 
doubtful in thy Son's resurrection ; grant us so 
perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in 
thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in thy 
sight may never be reproved. Hear as, O 
Lord ; through the same Jesus Christ ; to 



106 On the Festivals and Fasts, 

whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all 
honour and glory, now and for evermore, 
Amen. 

The Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-Day of 
Christ, commonly called Christmas- Day* 

A LMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy 
only begotten Son to take our nature 
upon him, and as at this time to be born of a 
pure Virgin ; grant that we, being regenerate 
and made thy children by adoption and grace, 
may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit, 
through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
liveth and reigneth with thee and the same 
Spirit, ever one God, world without end, 
Amen. 

Saint Stephens Day. 

r* RANT, O Lord, that in all our sufferings 
here upon earth, for the testimony of thy 
truth, we may steadfastly look up to Heaven, 
and, by faith, behold the glory that shall be 
revealed; and, being filled with the Holy 
Ghost, may learn to love and bless our perse- 



On the Festivals and Fasts. 107 

cutors, by the example of thy first martyr 
Saint Stephen, who prayed for his murderers 
to thee, O blessed Jesus, who standest at the 
right hand of God, to succour all those who 
suffer for thee, our only Mediator and Advo- 
cate. Amen. 

Saint John the Evangelists Hay. 

*f This Collect is used in the Prayers for Saturday 
.Evening. 

ll/FERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to 
cast thy bright beams of light upon thy 
Church, that it being instructed by the doc- 
trine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist 
Saint John, may so walk in the light of thy 
truth, that it may at length attain to everlasting 
iife, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Innocents' Day* 

f\ Almighty God, who out of the mouths 
of babes and sucklings hast ordained 
strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by 
their deaths ; mortify and kill all vices in us, 
and so strengthen us by thy grace^ that by the 



108 On the Festivals and Fasts. 

innocency of our lives, and constancy of our 
faith, even unto death, we may glorify thy 
holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Circumcision of Christ. 

A LMIGHTY God, who madest thy bless- 
ed Son to be circumcised, and obedient 
to the law for man ; grant us the true circum- 
cision of the Spirit, that our hearts and all our 
members being mortified from all worldly and 
carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy 
blessed will, through the same thy Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epiphany y or the Manifestation of Christ 
to the Gentiles. 

fi\ God, who by the leading of a Star didst 
manifest thy only begotten Son to the 
Gentiles ; mercifully grant that xve, who know 
thee now by faith, may, after this life, have the 
fruition of thy glorious Godhead, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



On the Festivals and Fasts. 109 



The Conversion of Saint Paul. 

f\ God, who, through the preaching of the 
^*^ blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused 
the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the 
world ; grant, we beseech thee, that we having 
his wonderful conversion in remembrance 3 
may show forth our thankfulness unto thee for 
the same, by following the holy doctrine which 
he taught, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple ; 
commonly called The Purification of Saint 
Mary the Virgin. 

4 LMIGHT Y and everliving God, we hum- 
bly beseech thy Majesty, that as thy only 
begotten Son was this day presented in the 
temple in substance of our flesh ; so we may 
be presented unto thee with pure and clean 
hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



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1 10 On the Festivals and Fasts. 



Saint Matthiases Day. 

a | Almighty God, who into the place of the 
^~^ traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful ser- 
vant Matthias, to be of the number of the 
twelve Apostles; grant -that thy Church, being 
always preserved from false Apostles, may be 
ordered and guided by faithful and true Pas- 
tors, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary.. 

T/f/F beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace 
into our hearts; that as we have known 
the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the 
message of an angel; so by his cross and pas- 
sion we may be brought unto the glory of his 
resurrection, through the same Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

The first Day of Lent, commonly called 
Ash- Wednesday. 

fi This Collect is used in the Prayers for Thursday 
Evening. 

4 LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who 
hatest nothing that thou hast made, and 



On the Festivals and Fasts. Ill 

dost forgive the sins of all those who are peni- 
tent ; create and make in us new and contrite 
hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins, 
and acknowledging our wretchedness, may- 
obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect 
remission and forgiveness, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

£\ Lord, we beseech thee, mercifully hear 
our prayers, and spare all those who 
confess their sins unto thee ; that they, whose 
consciences by sin are accused, by thy merci- 
ful pardon may be absolved, through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

fi This Collect is used in the Prayers for Wednesday 
Evening. 

f\ Most mighty God, and merciful Father, 
who hast compassion upon all men, and 
hatest nothing that thou hast made; who 
wouldest not the death of a sinner, but rather 
that he should turn from his sin, and be saved; 
mercifully forgive us our trespasses; receive 
and comfort us, who are grieved and wearied 
with the burden of our sins. Thy property is 
always to have mercy; to thee only it apper- 



112 On the Festivals and Fasts. 

taineth to forgive sins: spare us, therefore* 
good Lord, spare thy people whom thou hast 
redeemed : enter not into judgment with thy 
servants, who are vile earth, and miserable 
sinners; but so turn thine anger from us, who 
meekly acknowledge our vileness, and truly 
repent us of our faults ; and so make haste to 
help us in this world, that we may ever live 
with thee in the world to come, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

fTMJRN thou us, O good Lord, and so shall 
A %ve be turned. Be favourable, O Lord, 
be favourable to thy people, who turn to thee 
in weeping, fasting, and praying. For thou 
art a merciful God, full of compassion, long- 
suffering, and of great pity. Thou sparest 
when we deserve punishment, and in thy wrath 
thinkest upon mercy. Spare thy people, good 
Lord, spare them ; and let not thine heritage be 
brought to confusion. Hear us, O Lord, for 
thy mercy is great; and after the multitude of 
thy mercies look upon us, through the merits 
and mediation of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ 
*ur Lord. Amen.. 



On the Festivals and Fasts, 113 



The Sunday next before Easter. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, 
^** of thy tender love towards mankind, hast 
sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take 
upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon 
the cross, that all mankind should follow the 
example of his great humility; mercifully grant 
that we may both follow the example of his 
patience, and also be made partakers of his 
resurrection, through the same Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

Good-Friday. 

\ LMIGHTY God, we beseech thee gra- 
ciously to behold this thy family, foe 
which our Lord Jesus was contented to be be- 
trayed, and given up into the hands of wicked 
men, and to suffer death upon the cross, who 
how liveth and reigneth with thee and the 
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without 
aid. Amen. 



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114 On the Festivals and Fasts. 



A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, by 
,l whose Spirit the whole body of the Church 
is governed and sanctified ; receive our suppli- 
cations and prayers, which ive offer before 
thee for all estates of men in thy holy Churchy 
that every member of the same, in his voca- 
tion and ministry, may truly and godly serve 
thee, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. A men. 

f~\ Merciful God, who hast made all men, 
and hatest nothing that thou hast made, 
nor desirest the death of a sinner, but rather 
that he should be converted and live; have 
mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and 
Heretics; and take from them all ignorance, 
hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word; 
and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy 
flock, that they may be saved among the rem- 
nant of the true Israelites, and be made one 
fold under one Shepherd, Jesus Christ our 
Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and 
the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 



On the Festivals and Fasts. 115 



Easter-Even, 

r^ RANT, O Lord, that as rue are baptized 
into the death of thy blessed Son our Sa- 
viour Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying, 
our corrupt affections, we may be buried with 
him ; and that through the grave and gate oi 
death we may pass to our joyful resurrection, 
for his merits, who died, and was buried, and 
rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen, 

Easter- Sunday. 

A LMIGHTY God, who through thine only 
begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome 
death, and opened unto us the gate of ever- 
lasting life ; we humbly beseech thee, that as, 
by thy special grace preventing us, thou dosfc 
put into our minds good desires; so by thy 
continual help we may bring the same to 
good effect, through Jesus Christ our Lord* 
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the 
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without 
end. Amen* 



116 Oh the festivals and Fasts\ 



Saint Mark's Day. 

f\ Almighty God, who hast instructed th^ 
^^ holy Church with the heavenly doctrine 
of thy Evangelist Saint Mark; give us grace, 
that being not like children carried away with 
every blast of vain doctrine, we may be esta- 
blished in the truth of thy holy Gospel, through, 
Jesus Christ our Lord* Amen. 

Saint Philip and Saint James's Day. 

£\ Almighty God, whom truly to know is 
^^ everlasting life; grant us perfectly to 
know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the 
truth, and the life ; that following the steps of 
thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint 
James, we may steadfastly walk in the way 
that leadeth to eternal life, through the same, 
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Ascension Day. 

% This Collect is used in the Prayers for Monday 
Morning. 

RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, 
that like as we do believe thy only be- 



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On the Festivals and Fasts* 117 

gotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ, to have 
ascended into the heavens ; so we may also in 
heart and mind thither ascend, and with him 
continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth 
with thee and the Holy Ghost,, one God, wef Id 
without end. Amen. 

Whitsunday* 

£\ God, who as at this time didst teach the 
^"^ hearts of thy faithful people, by sending^ 
to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; grant ns y 
by the same Spirit, to have a right judgment 
in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his 
holy comfort, through the merits of Christ 
Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth 
with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one 
God, world without end. Amen* 

Trinity- Sunday, 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who 
hast given unto us, thy servants, grace, 
by the confession of a true faith, to acknow- 
ledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in 
the power of the Divine Majesty to worship 



118 ) On the Festivals and Fasts\ 

the Unity ; xve beseech thee that thou would- 
est keep us steadfast in this faith, and ever- 
more defend us from all adversities, who livest 
and reignest, one God, world without end* 
Amen. , 

Saint Barnabas the Apostle. • 

ff This Collect is used in the Prayers for Saturday 
Morning. 

^| Lord God Almighty* who didst endue 
thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular 
gifts of the Koly Ghost; leave us not, -we 
beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, 
nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy 
honour and glory, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

Saint John Baptist's Day. 

R LMIGHTY God, by whose providence 
thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully 
born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son 
our Saviour, by preaching repentance; make 
us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that 
ise may truly repent according to his preach* 



On the Festivals and Fasts. 119 

ing; and after his example constantly speak 
the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently 
suffer for the truth's sake, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

Saint Peter's Day. 

£\ Almighty God, who, by thy Son Jesus 
*^ Christ, didst give to thy Apostle Saint 
Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst 
him earnestly to feed thy flock ; make, we be- 
seech thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently 
to preach thy holy Word, and the people obe- 
diently to follow the same, that they may re- 
ceive the crown of everlasting glory, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Saint James the Apostle. 

f* RANT, O merciful God, that as thine 
^"^ holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his 
father and all that he had, without delay was 
obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus 
Christ, and followed him; so we, forsaking 
all worldly and carnal affections, may be ever- 
more ready to follow thy holy commandments, 
%ough Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 



120 On the Festivals and Fasts . 



Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. 

^\ Almighty and everlasting God, who didst 
give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace 
truly to believe and to preach thy Word; 
grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to 
love that Word which he believed ; and both 
to preach and receive the same, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen* 

Saint Matthew the Apostle. 

€\ Almighty God, who by thy blessed Son 
^^ didst call Matthew from the receipt of 
custom, to be an Apostle and Evangelist ; grant 
us grace to forsake all covetous desires, and 
inordinate love of riches ; and to follow the 
same thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and 
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

Saint Michael and all Angels. 

£\ Everlasting God, who hast ordained and 
constituted the services of Angels and 



On the Festivals and Fasts, 121 

men in a wonderful order; mercifully grant, 
that as thy holy Angels always do thee service 
in heaven ; so, by thy appointment, they may 
succour and defend us on earth, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

St. Luke the Evangelist. 

4 LMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the 
^ Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, 
to be an Evangelist and Physician of the soul ; 
may it please thee, that by the wholesome me- 
dicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all 
the diseases of our souls may be healed, 
through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles, 

fl This Collect is used in the Prayers for Monday 
Evening. 

Almighty God, who hast built thy Church 

upon the foundation of the Apostles and 

Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the 

head corner stone ; grant us so to be joined 

together in unity of spirit by their doctrine 

L 



122 On the Festivals and Fasts. 

that we may be made an holy temple accept> 
able unto thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

All Saints'* Day. 

£\ Almighty God, who hast knit together 
thine elect in one communion and fellow- 
ship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ 
our Lord; grant us grace so to follow thy 
blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, 
that we may come to those unspeakable joys, 
which thou hast prepared for those who un- 
feignedly love thee, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



( 123 ) 



SELECTIONS 

From the Psalms, which may be substituted for others 
in the Morning and Evening Devotions, or which 
may be added to them. 



Selections of Psalms to be used in Time of 

Trouble, 

TTEAR my crying, O God, give ear unto 
my prayer. 

From the ends of the earth will I call upon 
thee, when my heart is in heaviness. 

The Lord will be a defence for the oppress- 
ed, even a refuge in due time of trouble. 

And they that know thy name will put their 
trust in thee ; for thou, Lord, hast never failed 
them that seek thee. 

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are 
right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast 
caused me to be troubled. 

Comfort the soul of thy servant ; for unto 
thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

For thou, Lord, art good and gracious, and 
of great mercy unto all them that call upon 
thee. 



124 Selections from the Psalms, 

Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer, and poft 
der the voice of my humble desires. 

Remember me, O Lord, according to the 
favour that thou bearest unto thy people; O 
Visit me with thy salvation : 

That I may see the felicity of thy chosen, 
and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and 
give thanks with thine inheritance. 

The Lord delivereth the souls of his ser- 
vants : and all they that put their trust in him 
shall not be destitute. 

Tp LESSED is the man whom thou chas- 
"^ tenest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy 
law. 

Before I was troubled, I went wrong; but 
now have I kept thy word. 

It is good for me that I have been in trou- 
ble ; that I may learn thy statutes. 

In my prosperity I said, I shall never be 
removed; thou, Lord, of thy goodness, hadst 
made my hill so strong. 

Thou didst turn thy face from me, and I 
was troubled. 

Then cried I unto thee, O Lord; and gat 
me to my Lord right humbly. 



Selections from the Psalms. 125^ 

If the Lord had not helped me, it had not 
failed, but my soul had been put to silence. 

But when I said, My foot hath slipped; 
thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. 

In the multitude of the sorrows that I had 
in my heart, thy comforts have refreshed my 
soul. 

Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy ; 
thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded 
me w ith gladness : 

Therefore shall every good man sing of thy 
praise without ceasing : O my God, I will 
give thanks unto thee for ever. 

£^i OD is our hope and strength, a very pre- 
sent help in trouble. 

The Lord is my light and my salvation, 
whom then shall I fear? The Lord is the 
strength of my life, of whom then shall I be 
afraid? 

Though an host of men were laid against 
me, yet shall not my heart be ?fraid; and 
though there rose up war against me, yet will 
I put my trust in thee. 

O praise our God, ye people, and make 
the voice of his praise to be heard ; 
12 



126 Selections from the Psalms* 

Who holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth 
not our feet to slip. 

O love the Lord, all ye his saints; for the 
Lord preserveth them that are faithful, and 
plenteously rewardeth the proud doer. 

Be strong, and he shall establish your 
heart, all ye that put your trust in the Lord. 

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of 
^Jacob is our refuge. 

From the list Psalm. 

TN thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; let 
me never be put to confusion, but rid me, 
and deliver me in thy righteousness; incline 
thine ear unto me, and save me. 

Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may 
alway resort ; thou hast promised to help me, 
for thou art my house of defence, and my 
castle. 

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand 
of the ungodly, out of the hand of the un- 
righteous and cruel man : 

For thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I 
long for: thou art my hope, even from my 
youth. 



Selections from the Psalms* 127 

Through thee have I been holden up ever 
since I was born : thou art he that took me 
out of my mother's womb : my praise shall be 
always of thee. 

let my mouth be filled with thy praise, 
that I may sing of thy glory and honour all 
the day long. 

Cast me not away in the time of age ; for- 
sake me not when my strength faileth me : 

Go not far from me, O God; my God, 
haste thee to help me. 

1 will go forth in the strength of the Lord 
God, and will make mention of thy righteous- 
ness only. 

Thou, O God, hast taught me from my 
youth up until now; therefore will I tell of 
thy wondrous works. 

Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, 
when I am grey-headed, until I have showed 
thy strength unto this generation, and thy 
power to all them that are yet for to come. 

Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, 
and great things are they that thou hast done: 
O God, who is like unto thee ! 

G what great troubles and adversities hast 
thou showed me! and yet didst thou turn and 



128 Selections from the Psalms, 

refresh me ; yea, and broughtest me from the 
deep of the earth again. 

Thou hast brought me to great honour, and 
comforted me on every side : 

Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faith- 
fulness, O God, playing upon an instrument 
of music : unto thee will I sing upon the harp, 
O thou Holy One of Israel. 

From the 39th Psalm. 

T ORD, let me know my end, and the num- 
"^ ber of my days, that I may be certified 
how long I have to live. 

Behold, thou hast made my days as it were 
a span long, and mine age is even as nothing 
in respect of thee ; and verily every man living 
is altogether vanity : 

For man walketh in a vain shadow, and dis- 
quieteth himself in vain ; he heapeth up riches, 
and cannot tell who shall gather them. 

And now, Lord, what is my hope? truly 
ipy hope is even in thee. 

Deliver me from all mine offences, and make 
me not a rebuke unto the foolish. 

I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; 
for it was thy doing. 



Selections from the Psalms. 129 

Take thy plague away from me : I am even 
consumed by the means of thy heavy hand. 

When thou with rebukes dost chasten man 
for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume 
away, like as it were a moth fretting a gar- 
ment : every man therefore is but vanity. 

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine 
cars consider my calling; hold not thy peace 
at my tears : 

For I am a stranger with thee, and a so* 
journer, as all my fathers were. 

O spare me a little, that I may recover my 
strength, before I go hence, and be no more 
seen. 

From the 90th Psalm. 

f ORD, thou hast been our refuge, from 

one generation to another. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, 

or ever the earth and the world were made, 

thou art God from everlasting, and world 

without end. 

Thou tumest man to destruction; again 
thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men. 
For a thousand years in thy sight are but 



130 Selections jrom the Psalms. 

as yesterday, seeing that is past as a watch in 
the night. 

As soon as thou scatterest them, they are 
even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like 
the grass. 

In the morning it is green, and groweth up ; 
but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, 
and withered. 

For we consume away in thy displeasure, 
and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. 

Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee, 
and our secret sins in the light of thy counte- 
nance. 

For when thou art angry, all our days are 
gone ; we bring our years to an end, as it were 
a tale that is told. 

The days of our age are threescore years 
and ten ; and though men be so strong that 
they come to fourscore years, yet is their 
strength then but labour and sorrow ; so soon 
passeth it away, and we are gone. 

But who regardeth the power of thy wrath ? 
for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy 
displeasure. 

So teach us to number our days, that we 
may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 



Selections from the Psalms. 131 

From the 116th Psalm. 

T Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard 
the voice of my prayer ; 

That he hath inclined his ear unto me; 
therefore will I call upon him as long as I live* 

The snares of death compassed me round 
about, and the 6 pains of hell gat hold upon 
me. 

I. shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will 
call upon the name of the Lord ; O Lord, I 
beseech thee, deliver my soul. 

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous ; yea^ 
our God is merciful. 

The Lord preserveth the simple : I was in 
misery, and he helped me. 

Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul; 
for the Lord hath rewarded thee. 

And why? thou hast delivered my soul 
from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet 
from falling. 

I wall walk before the Lord in the land of 
the living. 

What reward shall I give unto the Lord, for 
all the benefits that he hath done unto me? 



133 Selections from the Psalms. 

I will receive the cup of salvation, and call 
upon the name of the Lord : 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the 
sight of all his people, in the courts of the 
Lord's house ; even in the midst of thee, O 
Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. 



PSALMS 

Containing Professions of Love to God, and Petitions 
/or his Succour and Grace. 



From the 42c/ Psalm, 

— IKE as the hart desireth the water brooks, 
jLi so longeth my soul after thee, O God. 

My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for 
the living God : When shall I come to appear 
before the presence of God f 

My tears have been my meat day and night, 
while they daily say unto me, Where is now 
thy God? 

Now when I think thereupon, T pour out 
my heart by myself; for I went with the mul- 



Selections from the Psalms* 133 

Utude, and brought diem forth into the house 
of God; 

In the voice of praise and thanksgiving, 
among such as keep holy-day. 

Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my 
soul? and why art thou so disquieted within 
me? 

Put thy trust in God ; for I will yet give 
him thanks for. the help of his countenance. 

The Lord hath granted his loving-kindness 
in the day-time, and in the night- season did I 
sing of him, and made my prayer unto the 
God of my life. 

Why art thou so vexed, O my soul? and 
why art thou so disquieted within me? 

O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank 
him, which is the help of my countenance, 
and my God. 

"j%/f"Y soul hath longed for thy salvation, and 
I have a good hope because of thy word. 
Teach me to do the thing that pleasetfe 
thee; for thou art my God: let thy loving 
Spirit lead me forth into the land of righte- 
ousness. 

O that my ways were made so direct, that 
I might keep thy statutes! 
M 



134 Selections Jrom the Psalms. 

Incline mine heart unto thy testimonies, and 
not to covetousness. 

O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold 
vanity ; and quicken thou me in thy way. 

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, 
and keep the door of my lips. 

O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil 
thing; let me not be occupied in ungodly 
works with the men that work wickedness. 

Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies; 
for I flee unto thee to hide me. 

Order my steps in thy word; and so shall 
no wickedness have dominion over me. 

Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake; 
and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul 
out of trouble. 

O stablish me according to thy word, that 
I may live ; and let me not be disappointed of 
my hope. 

Psalm 15. 

T ORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? 
"^ or who shall rest upon thy holy hill ? 

Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and 
doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh 
the truth from his heart : 



Selections from the Psalms. 135 

He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, 
nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not 
slandered his neighbour : 

He that setteth not by himself; but is lowly 
in his own eyes, and maketh much of them 
that fear the Lord : 

He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and 
disappointeth him not, though it were to his 
own hindrance : 

He that hath not given his money upon 
usury, nor taken reward against the innocent. 

Whoso doeth these things shall never fall. 



PSALMS 

Concerning the Church. 



i^REAT is the Lord, and highly to be 
praised in the city of our God, even 
upon his holy hill. 

The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy 
of the whole earth ; upon the north side iieth 



\36 Selections from the Psalms. 

the city of the great King : God is well known 
in her palaces as a sure refuge. 

For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an ha- 
bitation for himself: he hath longed for her, 

I will bless her victuals with increase, and 
will satisfy her poor with bread. 

I will deck her priests with health, and her 
saints shall rejoice and sing. 

send out thy light and thy truth, that 
they may lead me, and bring me unto thy holy 
hill, and to thy dwelling. 

And that I may go unto the altar of God, 
even unto the God of my joy and gladness. 

Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy 
house, and the place where thine honour dwel- 
leth. 

My praise is of thee in the great congrega- 
tion ; my vows will I perform in the sight of 
them that fear him. 

1 will worship toward thy holy temple, and 
praise thy name, because of thy loving-kind- 
ness and truth ; for thou hast magnified thy 
name and thy word above all things. 

I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever, and 
my trust shall be under the covering of thy 
wings. 



Selections from the Psalms. 137 

Psalm 84. 

£\ How amiable are thy dwellings, thou 
Lord of hosts ! 

My soul hath a desire and longing to enter 
into the courts of the Lord ; my heart and my 
flesh rejoice in the living God. 

Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house ; 
and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her 
young ; even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my 
King and my God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house ; 
they will be alway praising thee. 

Blessed is the man whose strength is in 
thee ; in whose heart are thy ways. 

Who, going through the vale of misery, use 
it for a well; and the pools are filled with wa- 
ter. 

They will go from strength to strength, and 
unto the God of gods appeareth every one of 
them in Sion. 

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; 
hearken, O God of Jacob. 

Behold, O God, our defender, and look 
upon the face of thine Anointed. 
m2 



138 Selections from the Psalms. 

For one day in thy courts is better than a 
thousand. 

I had rather be a door-keeper in the house 
of my God, than to dwell in the tents of un- 
godliness. 

For the Lord God is a light and defence; 
the Lord will give grace and worship ; and no 
good thing shall he withhold from them that 
live a godly life. 

O Lord God of hosts, blessed is the man 
that putteth his trust in thee. 



PENITENTIAL PSALMS, 



TT EAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my 
crying come unto thee. 

Hide not thy face from me in the time of 
my trouble ; incline thine ear unto me when I 
call ; O hear me, and that right soon ; 

For my wickednesses are gone over my 
head, and are like a sore burden, too heavy 
for me to bear. 



Selections from the Psalms, 139 

I am brought into so great trouble and mi- 
sery, that I go mourning all the day long. 

God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my 
faults are not hid from thee. 

My heart is disquieted within me, and the 
fear of death is fallen upon me. 

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon 
me, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed 
me. 

And I said, O that I had wings like a dove; 
for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 

Lo, then would I get me away far off, and 
remain in the wilderness. 

I would make haste to escape, because of 
the stormy wind and tempest. 

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merci- 
ful unto me ; for my soul trusteth in thee ; and 
under the shadow of thy wings shall be my 
refuge, until this tyranny be overpast. 

I stretch forth my hands unto thee ; my soul 
gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. 

Hear me, O Lord, and that soon; for my 
spirit waxeth faint : hide not thy face from me, 
lest I be like unto them that go down into the 
pit. 

The Lord shall make good his loving-kind- 



140 Selections from the Psalms. 

ness toward me; yea, thy mercy, O Lord, 
endureth for ever; despise not then the works 
of thine own hands. 

TTTEAR my crying, O God, give ear unto 
my prayer. 

From the ends of the earth will I call upon 
thee, when my heart is in heaviness. 

Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord ; 
for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon 
me; for I am desolate, and in misery. 

The sorrows of my heart are enlarged : O 
bring thou me out of my troubles. 

Look upon my adversity and misery, and 
forgive me all my sin. 

Consider mine enemies how many they are ; 
and they bear a tyrannous hate against me. 

keep my soul, and deliver me : let me 
not be confounded, for I have put my trust in 
thee. 

Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait 
upon me ; for my hope hath been in thee. 

Deliver Israel, O God, out of all his trou- 
bles. 

1 will be glad, and rejoice in thy mercy; 



Selections from the Psalms. 141 

for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast 
known my soul in adversities. 

I" Will cry unto God with my voice; even 
unto God will I cry with my voice, and he 
shall hearken unto me. 

In the time of my trouble I sought the 
Lord: my sore ran, and ceased not in the 
night-season ; my soul refused comfort. 

When I am in heaviness, I will think upon 
God; when my heart is vexed, I will com- 
plain. 

Thou holdest mine eyes waking : I am so 
feeble that I cannot speak. 

I have considered the days of old, and the 
years that are past, 

I call to remembrance my song, and in the 
night I commune with mine own heart, and 
search out my spirits. 

Will the Lord absent himself for ever; and 
will he be no more entreated ? 

Is his mercy clean gone for ever ; and is 
his promise come utterly to an end for ever- 
more? 

Hath God forgotten to be gracious; "and 
will he shut up his loving- kindness in displea- 
sure? 



142 Selections from the Psalms. 

And I said, It is mine own infirmity ; bur 
I will remember the years of the right hand 
of the Most Highest. 

I will remember the works of the Lord, and 
eall to mind the wonders of old time. 

I will think also of all thy works, and my 
talking shall be of thy doings. 

Why art thou so heavy, O my soul? and 
why art thou so disquieted within me? 

put thy trust in God; for I will yet give 
him thanks, which is the help of my counte- 
nance, and my God. 

From the 32d Psalm. 

T1LESSED is he whose unrighteousness 
is forgiven, and whose sin is covered. 

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord 
imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is 
no guile. 

For whilst I held my tongue, my bones con- 
sumed away through my daily complaining. 

For thy hand is heavy upon me day and 
night, and my moisture is like the drought in 
summer. 

1 will acknowledge my sin unto thee ; and 
mine unrighteousness have I not hid* 



Selections from the Psalms. 143 

I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord ; 
and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my 
sin. 

Thou art a place to hide me in; thou shall 
preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass 
me about with songs of deliverance. 

Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but 
whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy 
embraceth him on every side. 

Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the 
Lord; and be joyful, all ye that are true of 
heart. 

Psalm 130. 

/"|UT of the deep have I called unto thee, 
O Lord ; Lord, hear my voice. 

let thine ears consider well the voice of 
my complaint. 

If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark 
what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide 
it? 

For there is mercy with thee; therefore 
shalt thou be feared. 

1 look for the Lord ; my soul doth wait for 
him ; in his word is my trust. 



144 Selections from the Psalms. 

My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the 
morning-watch, I say, before the morning- 
watch. 

O Israel, trust in the Lord; for with the 
Lord there is mercy, and with him is plente- 
ous jredemption. 



PSALMS OP PRAISE. 



From the 8th Psalm. 

£\ Lord, our Governor, how excellent is 
^"* thy name in all the world ; thou that hast 
set thy glory above the heavens! 

Out of the mouth of very babes and suck- 
lings hast thou ordained strength, because of 
thine enemies, that thou mightest still the 
enemy and the avenger. 

For I will consider thy heavens, even the 
works of thy fingers; the moon and the stars 
which thou hast ordained. 

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? 
and the son of man, that thou visitest him* 



Selevtions from the Psalms. 145 

Thou madest him lower than the angels, to 
crown him with glory and worship. 

Thou makest him to have dominion of the 
works of thy hands: and thou hast put all 
things in subjection under his feet ; 

O Lord, our Governor, how excellent is 
thy name in all the world ! 

Psalm 19. 

P¥1HE heavens declare the glory of God; 
and the firmament showeth his handy- 
work. 

One day telleth another; and one night cer- 
tifieth another. 

There is neither speech nor language; but 
their voices are heard among them. 

Their sound is gone out into all lands ; and 
their words into the ends of the world. 

In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun ; 
which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of 
his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to rua 
his course. 

It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the 
heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it 
again; and there is nothing hid from the heat 
thereof. 

N 



146 Selections from the Psalms* 

The law of the Lord is an undefined law, 
converting the soul ; the testimony of the Lord 
is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple. 

The statutes of the Lord are right, and re- 
joice the heart ; the commandment of the Lord 
is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes. 

The fear of the Lord is clean, and endureth 
for ever; the judgments of the Lord are true, 
and righteous altogether. 

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, 
than much fine gold - s sweeter also than honey, 
and the honey-comb. 

Moreover, by them is thy servant taught; 
and in keeping of them there is great reward. 

Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O 
cleanse thou me from my secret faults. 

Keep thy servant also from presumptuous 
sins, lest they get the dominion over me. 

Let the words of my mouth, and the medi- 
tation of my heart, be alway acceptable in thy 
sight, 

O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer. 

From the 104th Psalm. 

"DRAISE the Lord, O my soul; O Lord 
my God, thou art become exceeding 



Selections from the Psalms. 147 

glorious, thou art clothed with majesty and 
honour. 

Thou deckest thyself widi light as it were 
with a garment, and spread est out the heavens 
like a curtain. 

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in 
the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, 
and walketh upon the wings of the wind. 

He maketh his angels spirits, and his minis- 
ters a flaming fire. 

He laid the foundations of the earth, that it 
never should move at any time. 

Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with 
a garment; the waters stand in the hills. 

At thy rebuke they flee ; at the voice of thy 
thunder they are afraid. 

They go up as high as the hills, and down 
to the vallies beneath; even unto the place 
which thou hast appointed for them. 

Thou hast set them their bounds, which 
they shall not pass, neither turn again to cover 
the earth. 

He sendeth the springs into the rivers, 
which run among the hills. 

All the beasts of the field drink thereof, and 
the wild asses quench their thirst. 



148 Selections from the Psalms. 

Beside them shall the fowls of the air have 
their habitation, and sing among the branches* 

He watereth the hills from above ; the earth 
is filled with the fruit of thy works. 

He bringeth forth grass for the cattle, and 
green herb for the service of men. 

That he may bring food out of the earth, 
and wine that maketh glad the heart of man; 
and oil to make him a cheerful countenance, 
and bread to strengthen man's heart. 

He appointeth the moon for certain seasons, 
and the sun knoweth his going down. 

Thou makest darkness, that it may be 
night; wherein all the beasts of the forest do 
move. 

The lions, roaring after their prey, do seek 
their meat from God. 

The sun ariseth, and they get them away 
together, and lay them down in their dens. 

Man goeth forth to his work, and to his la- 
bour, until the evening. 

O Lord, how manifold are thy works; in 
wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth 
is full of thy riches. 

So is the great and wide sea also ; wherein 
are things creeping innumerable, both small 
and great beasts, 



Selections from the Psalms. 149 

There go the ships, and there is that Levi- 
athan, whom thou hast made to take his pas- 
time therein. 

These wait all upon thee, that thou mayesl 
give them meat in due season. 

When thou givest it them, they gather it ;: 
and when thou openest thy hand, they are 
filled with good. 

When thou hidest thy face, they are trou- 
bled : when thou takest away their breath, 
they die and are turned again to their dust. 

When thou lettest thy breath go forth, they 
shall be made ; and thou shalt renew the face 
of the earth. 

The glorious majesty of the Lord shall 
endure for ever; the Lord shall rejoice in his 
works. 

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; 
I will praise my God while I have my being. 

Psalm 146. 

TJRAISE the Lord, O my soul: while I 
live, will I praise the Lord ; yea, as long 
as I have any being, I will sing praises unto 
my God. 

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150. Selections from the Psalm?. 

O put not your trust in princes, nor in any 
child of man; for there is no help in them. 

For when the breath of man goeth forth^ 
he shall turn again to- his earth, and then all his 
thoughts perish. 

Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob 
for his help ; and whose hope is in the Lord 
his God ; 

Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and 
all that therein is; who keepeth his promise 
for ever; 

Who helpeth them to right that suffer 
wrong; who feedeth the hungry. 

The Lord looseth men out of prison; the 
Lord giveth sight to the blind. 

The Lord helpeth them that are fallen; the 
Lord careth for the righteous. 

The Lord careth for the stranger; he de- 
fendeth the fatherless and widow : as for the 
way of the ungodly, he turneth k upside 
down. 

The Lord thy God, O Sion, shall be Kitia 
for evermore, and throughout all generations. 



Selections from the Psalms. 151 

From the 147th Psalm. 

£\ Praise the Lord ; for it is a good thing 
to sing praises unto our God; yea, a 
joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful. 

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem, and 
gather together the outcasts of Israel. 

He healeth those that are broken in heart, 
and giveth medicine to heal their sickness. 

He telleth the number of the stars, and call- 
eth them all by their names. 

Great is our Lord, and great is his powers 
yea, and his wisdom is infinite. 

The Lord setteth up the meek, and bring- 
eth the ungodly down to the ground. 

O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; 
sing praises upon the harp unto our God ; 

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and 
prepareth rain for the earth ; and maketh the 
grass to grow upon the mountains, and herb 
for the use of men : 

Who giveth fodder unto the cattle, and 
feedeth the young ravens that call upon him. 

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy 
God, O Sion; 



152 Selections from the Psaimt. 

For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, 
and hath blessed thy children within thee. 

He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth 
thee with the flour of wheat. 

He showeth his word unto Jacob, his sta- 
tutes and ordinances unto Israel. 

He hath not dealt so with any nation ; nei- 
ther have the heathen knowledge of his laws. 

inpHE Lord is King, the earth may be glad 
thereof; yea, the multitude of the isles 
may be glad thereof. 

Clouds and darkness are round about him; 
righteousness and judgment are the habitation 
of his seat. 

There shall go a fire before him, and burn 
up his enemies on every side. 

The earth trembled and quaked, the very 
foundations also of the hills shook, and were 
removed, because he was wroth. 

There went a smoke out in his presence, 
and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so tliat 
coals were kindled at it. 

He bowed the heavens also, and came down, 
and it was dark under his feet. 

He rode upon the Cherubim, and did fly ; 
he came flying upon the wings of the wind. 



Selections from the Psalms. 153 

He made darkness his secret place, his pa= 
vilion round about him with dark water, and 
thick clouds to cover him. 

At the brightness of his presence his clouds 
removed; hail- stones and coals of fire. 

The Lord also thundered out of heaven, 
and the Highest gave his thunder ; hail-stones 
and coals of fire. 

He sent out his arrows, and scattered them ; 
he cast forth lightnings, and destroyed them. 

The springs of waters were seen, and the 
foundations of the round world were disco- 
vered at thy chiding, O Lord, at the blasting 
of the breath of thy displeasure. 

O ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate 
the thing which is evil : the Lord prcserveth 
the souls of his saints ; he shall deliver them 
from the hand of the ungodly. 

There is sprung up a light for the righte- 
ous, and joyful gladness for such as are true- 
hearted. 

Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous, and give 
thanks for a remembrance of his holiness. 

T Will give thanks unto the Lord with my 
whole heart, secretly among the faithful 
and in the congregation* 



154 Selections from thePsabns. 

The works of the Lord are great, sought 
out of all them that have pleasure therein. 

His work is worthy to be praised and had 
In honour, and his righteousness endureth for 
ever. 

By the word of the Lord were the heavens 
made, and all the hosts of them by the breath 
of his mouth. 

He gathereth the waters of the sea together, 
as it were upon an heap; and layeth up the 
deep, as in a treasure-house. 

For he spake, and it was done ; he com- 
manded, and it stood fast. 

The day is thine, and the night is diine ', 
thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth ; 
thou hast made summer and winter. 

Thou shalt show us wonderful things in 
thy righteousness, O God of our salvation; 
thou that art the hope of all the ends of the 
earth, and of them that remain in the broad 
sea, 

Who in his strength setteth fast the moun- 
tains, and is girded about with power. 

Who stilleth the raging of the sea, and the 
noise of his waves, and the madness of the 
people. 



Selections from the Psalms. 155 

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holi- 
ness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. 

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the 
earth; and with righteousness to judge the 
world, and the people with his truth. 

-£\ Praise the Lord of heaven; praise him in 
the height. 

Praise him, all ye angels of his; praise 
him, all his host. 

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all 
ye stars and light. 

Praise him, all ye heavens, and ye waters 
diat are above the heavens. 

Let them praise the name of the Lord; for 
he spake the word, and they were made ; he 
commanded, and they were created. 

He hath made them fast for ever and ever; 
he hath given them a law, which shall not be 
broken. 

O praise God in his holiness ; praise him in 
the firmament of his power. 

Praise him in his noble acts; praise him 
according to his excellent greatness. 

Kings of the earth and all people; princes 
and all judges of the world; 



156 Selections from Scripture in general. 

Young men and maidens, old men and 
children, praise the name of the Lord ; for his 
name only is excellent, and his praise above 
heaven and earth. 

Let every thing that hath breath praise the 
Lord. 



SELECTIONS 

From the other prophetic and poetical parts of Scrip- 
ture, which may also be substituted for the Psalms 
in the Morning and Evening Devotions, or whicK 
may be added to them. 



To be used in Time of Trouble. 

Tl/f"Y son, despise not the chastening of the 
Lord; neither be weary of his correc- 
tion: 

For whom the Lord leveth he correcteth fl 
even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righ- 
teous : 

Yea, he doth establish them for ever, and 
they are exalted. 



Selections from Scripture in general, 157 

And if they be bound in fetters, and be 
holden in cords of affliction ; 

Then he showeth them their work, and 
their transgressions that they have exceeded. 

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and 
commandeth that they return from iniquity. 

Behold, happy is the man whom God cor* 
recteth: therefore despise not thou the chas 
tening of the Almighty, 

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he 
woundeth, and his hands make whole. 

He shall deliver thee in six troubles : yea. 
in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 

In famine he shall redeem thee from death : 
and in war from the power of the sword. 

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the 
tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of de- 
struction when it cometh. 

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle 
shall be in peace ; and thou shalt visit thy ha- 
bitation, and shalt not sin. 

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, 
like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season • 

T Am the man that hath seen affliction by the 
rod of his wrath. 

O 



158 Selections from Scripture in general. 

And thou hast removed my soul far off from 
peace : I for gat prosperity. 

And I said, My strength and my hope is 
perished from the Lord : 

Remembering mine affliction and my mi- 
sery, the wormwood and the gall. 

My soul hath them still in remembrance, 
and is humbled in me. 

The Lord will not cast off for ever : 

But though he cause grief, yet will he have 
compassion according to the multitude of his 
mercies. 

For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve 
the children of men. 

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend 
their days in prosperity, and their years in 
pleasures. 

But if they obey not, they shall perish by 
the sword, and they shall die ivithout know- 
ledge. 

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath : 
they cry not when he bindeth them. 

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose 
mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in 
thee. 

Trust ye in the Lord for ever : for in the 
Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. 



Selections from Scripture in general, 159 

Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, 
neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour 
of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield 
no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the 
fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : 

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in 
the God of my salvation. 

On the Death of pious Friends* 

OHALL we receive good at the hand of 
God, and shall we not receive evil? 

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken 
away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 

But I would not have you to be ignorant, 
brethren, concerning them which are asleep, 
that ye sorrow not, even as others which have 
no hope. 

For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead 
shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be 
changed. 

For this corruptible must put on incorrup- 
tion, and this mortal must put on immortality. 

So when this corruptible shall have put on 
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on 
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the 



160 Selections from Scripture in general. 

saying that is written, Death is swallowed up 
in victory. 

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, 
where is thy victory? 

The sting of death is sin ; and the strength 
of sin is the law. 

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the 
victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Therefore, my beloved brethren -, be ye 
steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in 
the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know 
that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

T Heard a voice from heaven, saying unto 
me, Write, Blessed are the dead which 
die in the Lord from henceforth : Yea, saitli 
the Spirit, that they may rest from their la- 
bours ; and their works do follow them. 

After this I beheld, and lo, a great multi- 
tude, which no man could number, of all na- 
tions, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, 
stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, 
clothed with white robes, and palms in their 
hands; 

And cried with a loud voice, saying, Sal- 
vation to our God which sitteth upon the 
throne, and unto the Lamb. 



Selections from Scripture in general 161 

And all the angels stood round about the 
throne, and about the elders ; and fell before 
the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 

Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and 
wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and 
power, and might, be unto our God for ever 
and ever. Amen. 

And one of the elders answered, saying 
unto me, What are these which are arrayed in 
white robes? and whence came they? 

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. 
And he said to me, These are they which 
came out of great tribulation, and have washed 
their robes, and made them white in the blood 
of the Lamb. 

Therefore are they before the throne of 
God, and serve him day and night in his tem- 
ple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall 
dwell among them. 

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst 
any more ; neither shall the sun light on them, 
nor any heat. 

For the Lamb which is in the midst of the 
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them 
unto living fountains of waters : and God shall 
wipe away all tears from their eyes, 
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162 Selections from Scripture in general. 

And there shall be no more death, neither 
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any 
more pain : for the former things are passed 
away. 

In Remembrance of our Mortality in generah 

jl/TAN that is born of a woman is of few 
days, and full of trouble. 

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut 
down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and conti- 
nueth not. 

His days are determined, the number of 
his months are with thee, thou hast appointed 
his bounds that he cannot pass ; 

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and 
he passeth: thou changest his countenance, 
and sendest him away. 

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth 
it not ; and they are brought low, but he per- 
ceiveth it not of them. 

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth 
away: so he that goeth down to the grave 
shall come up no more. 

He shall return no more to his house, nei- 
ther shall his place know him any more. 



Selections from Scripture in general. 16g 

I have said to corruption, Thou art my 
father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, 
and my sister. 

And where is now my hope? as for my 
hope, who shall see it? 

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, 
when our rest together is in the dust. 

There the wicked cease from troubling; 
and there the weary be at rest. 

There the prisoners rest together - r they hear 
not the voice of the oppressor. 

The small and great are there ; and the ser- 
vant is free from his master. 

If a man die, shall he live again? all the 
days of my appointed time will I wait r till my 
change come. 

For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and 
that he shall stand at the latter day upon the 
earth: 

And though after my skin worms destroy 
this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God : 

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine 
eyes shall behold, and not another. 

"O OAST not thyself of to-morrow; for thou 
knowest not what a day may bring forth. 



164 Selections from Scripture in general. 

For what is your life? It is even a vapour, 
that appeareth for a little time, and then va- 
nisheth away. 

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall 
turn again unto dust. 

For we are strangers before thee, and so- 
journers, as were all our fathers : our days on 
the earth are as a shadow, and there is none 
abiding. 

They are passed away as the swift ships : 
as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly 
at ease and quiet. 

i And another dieth in the bitterness of his 
soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and 
the worms shall cover them. 

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord 
from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that 
they may rest from their labours; and their 
works do follow them. 

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the 
abominable, shall have their part in the lake 
which burneth with fire and brimstone : which 
is the second death. 



Selections from Scripture in general. 163 

^JEEK ye the Lord while he may be found, 
call ye upon him while he is near. 

Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for 
the Lord hath spoken. 

Give glory to the Lord your God, before 
he cause darkness, and before your feet stum- 
ble upon the dark mountains, and while ye 
look for light, he turn it into the shadow of 
death, and make it gross darkness. 

For man also knoweth not his time : as the 
fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the 
birds that are caught in the snare; so are the 
sons of men snared in an evil time, when it 
falleth suddenly upon them. 

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it 
with thy might; for there is no work nor de- 
vice, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, 
whither thou goest. 

Let me die the death of the righteous, and 
let my last end be like his. 

Thy dead men shall live, together with my 
dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, 
ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the 
dew of herbs^ and the earth shall cast out the 
dead 



166 Selections from Scripture in general. 

And they that be wise, shall shine as the 
brightness of the firmament; and they that 
turn many to righteousness, as the stars for 
ever and ever. 

In Time of Sickness* 

TS there not an appointed time to man upon 

earth ? are not his days also like the days 
of a hireling? 

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, 
and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his 
work: 

So am I made to possess months of vanity, 
and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 

When I lie down, I say, When shall I 
arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of 
iossings to and frQ until the dawning of the 
day. 

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my 
couch shall ease my complaint; 

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and 
terrifiest me through visions : 

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed ; 
save me, and I shall be saved : for thou art 
my praise. 



Selections from Scripture in general. 167 

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: 

Blessed be God, even the Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and 
"the God of all comfort ; who comforteth us in 
all our tribulation. 

No chastening for the present seemeth to 
be joyous, but grievous : nevertheless, after- 
ward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righte- 
ousness unto them which are exercised there- 
by. 

For which cause we faint not; but though 
our outward man perish, yet the inward man 
is renewed day by day. 

For our light affliction, which is but for a 
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding 
and eternal weight of glory; 

While we look not at the things which are 
seen, but at the things which are not seen : for 
the things which are seen are temporal ; but 
the things which are not seen are eternal. 

On Recovery from Sickness. 

I" Said in the cutting off of my days, I shall 
go to the gates of the grave i I am depriv- 
ed of the residue of my years* 



168 Selections front Scripture in general* 

I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the 
Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold 
man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 

Mine age is departed, and is removed from 
me as a shepherd's tent : he will cut me off 
with pining sickness: from day even to night 
wilt thou make an end of me. 

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, 
the graves are ready for me. 

And now my soul is poured out upon me ; 
the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 

My bones are pierced in me in the night 
season : and my sinews take no rest. 

My days are past, my purposes are broken 
off,, even the thoughts of my heart. 

But thou hast in love to my soul delivered 
it from the pit of corruption : for thou hast cast 
all my sins behind thy back. 

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can- 
not celebrate thee : they that go down into the 
pit cannot hope for thy truth. 

The living, the living, he shall praise thee., 
as I do this day: the father to the children 
shall make known thy truth. 

When my soul fainted within me I remem- 
bered the Lord : and my prayer came in unt<» 
thee, into thy holy temple. 



Selections from Scripture in general 169 

They that observe lying vanities, forsake 
their own mercy. 

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice 
of thanksgiving; I will pay that fliat I have 
vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. 

On the Observance of God's Commandments •, 
and his Dealings with the Righteous and the 
Wicked. 

Pl^HE wicked man travaileth with pain all 
his days, and the number of years is 
hidden to the oppressor. 

A dreadful sound is in his ears : in pros- 
perity the destroyer shall come upon him. 

He shall not depart out of darkness ; the 
flame shall dry up his branches, and by the 
breath of his mouth shall he go away. 

If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, 
and let not wickedness dwell in thy taberna- 
cles. 

For then shalt thou lift up thy faoe without 
spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt 
not fear : 

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and 
remeinber it as waters that pass away; 
P 



170 Selections from Scripture in general. 

And thine asre shall be clearer than the 
noon-day: thou shalt shine forth, thou shall 
be as the morning. 

Thou shalt lie down, and none shall make 
thee afraid ; yea, many shall make suit unto 
thee. 

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and 
they shall not escape, and their hope shall be 
as the giving up of the ghost. 

Who is wise, and he shall understand these 
things? prudent, and he shall know them? 
for the ways of the Lord are right, and the 
just shall walk in them : but the transgressors 
shall fall therein. 



^Xf HEREWITH shall I come before the 
Lord, and bow myself before the high 
God? shall I come before him with burnt- 
offerings, with calves of a year old? 

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands 
of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of 
oil? Shall I give my first-born for my trans- 
gression, the fruit of my body for the sin of 
my soul? 

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good ; 
and what doth the Lord require of thee, bnt 



Selections from Scripture in general. 171 

lo da justly, and to love mercy, and to walk 
humbly with thy God ? 

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice ; and 
the knowledge of God more than burnt- offer- 
ings. 

Withhold not good from them to whom it 
is due, when it is in the power of thy hand 
to do it. 

He that by usury and unjust gain increas- 
ed his substance, he shall gather it for him 
that will pity the poor. 

He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth 
unto the Lord ; and that which he hath given 
will he pay him again. 

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hun- 
gry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall 
thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness 
be as the noon- day : 

And the Lord shall guide thee continually, 
and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat 
thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered 
garden, and like a spring of water, whos* 
waters fail not, 



172 Selections from Scripture in general, 

Penitential 

FinHUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my 
throne, and the earth is my footstool: 
but to this man will I look, even to him that 
is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth 
at my word. 

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy trans- 
gressions for mine own sake, and will not re- 
member thy sins. 

O Lord, though our iniquities testify against 
us, do thou it for thy name's sake : for our 
backslidings are many ; we have sinned against 
thee. 

O my God, I am ashamed, and blush to 
lift up my face to thee, my God : for our ini- 
quities are increased over our head, and our 
trespass is gone up unto the heavens. 

Behold, I am vile ; what shall I answer 
thee? I will lay my hand upon my month. 

We lie down in our shame, and our confu- 
sion covereth us : for we have sinned against 
the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from 
our youth even unto this day. 

Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we 
shall be turned : 



Selections from Scripture in general. 173 

For he hath torn, and he will heal us; he 
hath smitten, and he will bind us up : 

And he shall come unto us as the rain, as 
the latter and former rain unto the earth. 

Lo, this is our God; we have waited for 
him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; 
we have waited for him, we will be glad and 
rejoice in his salvation. 

PTIO the Lord our God belong mercies and 
forgivenesses, though we have rebelled 
against him ; 

Neither have we obeyed the voice of the 
Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he 
set before us by his servants the prophets. 

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I 
have sinned, and perverted that which was 
right, and it profited me not ; 

He will deliver his soul from going into the 
pit, and his life shall see the light. 

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, 
I am pure from my sin? 

For in many things we offend all. 

The good that I would, I do not; but the 
evil which I would not, that I do. 

For I delight in the law of God, after the 
inward man : 

p2 



1 74 Selections from Scripture in general. 

But I see another law in my members war 
ring against the law of my mind, and bringing 
me nto captivity to the law of sin which is in 
my members. 

wretched man that I am! who shall dc 
liver me from the body of this death ? 

1 thank God, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins 7 
the just for the unjust, that he might bring us 
to God, being put to death in the flesh, but 
quickened by the Spirit: 

Who is gone into heaven, and is on the 
right hand of God; angels, and authorities, 
and powers being made subject unto him. 

Wherefore he is able also to save them to 
die uttermost that come unto God by him, 
seeing he ever Jiveth to make intercession for 
them. 

For we have not a high priest which cannot 
be touched with the feeling of our infirmities: 
but was in all points tempted like as we are, 
yet without sin. 

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne 
of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find 
grace to help in time of need. 



Selections from Scripture in general. 175 

I" Have sinned ; what shall I do unto thee, O 
thou Preserver of men ? why hast thou set 
me as a mark against thee, so that I am a bur- 
den to myself? 

For the arrows of the Almighty are within 
me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit : 
the terrors of God do set themselves in array 
against me. 

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and hold- 
est me for thine enemy? 

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro f 
and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? 

For thou writest bitter things against me, 
and makest me to possess the iniquities of 
my youth. 

Thou lookest narrowly unto all my paths ; 
thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. 

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I 
have borne chastisement, I will not offend any 
more : 

That which I see not, teach thou me : if I 
have done iniquity, I will do no more. 

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the un- 
righteous man his thoughts : and let him re- 
turn unto the Lord, and he will have mercy 



176 Selections from Scripture in general, 

upon him ; and to our God, for he will abun- 
dantly pardon. 

For thus saith the high and lofty One that 
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I 
dwell in the high and holy place, with him 
also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to 
revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive 
the heart of the contrite ones. 

For I will not contend for ever, neither 
will I be always wrath : for the spirit should 
fail before me, and the souls which I have 
made. 

O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou 
wast angry with me, thine anger is turned 
away, and thou comfortedst me. 

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, 
and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is 
my strength and my song ; he also is become 
my salvation. 

"O EHOLD, the Lord's hand is not shorten* 
-^ ed, that it cannot save; neither his ear 
heavy, that it cannot hear : 

But your iniquities have separated between 
you and your God, and your sins have hid his 
face from you, that he will not hear, 



Selections from Scripture in general* 177 

Cast away from you all your transgressions, 
whereby ye have transgressed ; and make you 
a new heart and a new spirit : for why will yc 
die, O house of Israel ? 

For I have no pleasure in the death of him 
that dieth, saith the Lord God ; wherefore turn 
yourselves, and live ye. 

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper : 
but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall 
have mercy. 

O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, 
but unto us confusion of face. 

We have sinned, and have committed ini- 
quity, and have done wickedly, and have re- 
belled, even by departing from thy precepts 
and from thy judgments : 

What is man that he should be clean? and 
he which is born of a woman, that he should 
be righteous? 

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; 
yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. 

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; 
open thine eyes, and behold our desolation ; 
for we do not present our supplications before 
thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great 
mercies. 



It3 Selections from Scripture in general 

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, 
hearken and do ; defer not, for thine own sake, 

my God. 

Wash you, make you clean : put away tho- 
evil of your doings from before mine eyes; 
cease to do evil ; 

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve 
the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for 
the widow. 

Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall 
be as white as snow ; though they be red like 
crimson, they shall be as wool. 

In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for 
a moment; but with everlasting kindness will 

1 have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Re- 
deemer. 

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills 
be removed ; but my kindness shall not de- 
part from thee, neither shall the covenant of 
my peace be removed, saith the Lord that 
hath mercy on thee. 

Praise and Thanksgiving, 

"ORAISE the Lord, call upon his name, 
declare his doings among the people, 
make mention that his name is exalted. 



Selections from Scripture in general 17£ 

He doeth according to his will in the army 
of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the 
earth. 

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength : 
who hath hardened himself against him, and 
hath prospered? 

Which removeth the mountains, and they 
know not : which overtumeth them in his 
anger; 

Which shaketh the earth out of her place., 
and the pillars thereof tremble ; 

Which command eth the sun, and it riseth 
not; and seaieth up the stars; 

Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and 
treadeth upon the waves of the sea ; 

Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Plei- 
ades, and the chambers of the south ; 

Which doeth great things past finding out; 
yea, and wonders without number. 

Lo, he goeth by me, and 1 see him not : he 
passeth on also, but I perceive him not. 

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder 
him? who will say unto him, What doest 
thou? 

If God will not withdraw his anger, the 
proud helpers do stoop under him. 



180 Selections from Scripture in general 

How much less shall I answer him, and 
choose out my words to reason with him? 

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would 
I not answer, but I would make supplication 
to my judge. 

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not 
consumed, because his compassions fail not. 

They are new every morning : great is thy 
faithfulness. 

The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; 
therefore will I hope in him. 

The Lord is good unto them that w r ait for 
him, to die soul that seeketh him. 

Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord 
God Almighty ; just and true are thy ways, 
thou King of saints. 

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glo- 
rify thy name? for thou only ait holy: for all 
nations shall come and worship before diee. 

HPHE Lord by wisdom hath founded the 
earth; by understanding hath he estab- 
lished the heavens. 

By his knowledge the depths are broken 
up, and the clouds drop down the dew. 

He giveth to all life, and breath, and all 



Selections from Scripture in general. 181 

things; and upon whom doth not his light 
arise ? 

With him is wisdom and strength, he hath 
counsel and understanding. 

Every word of God is pure : he is a shield 
unto them that put their trust in him. 

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, 
so that their hands cannot perform their enter- 
prise. 

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness : 
and the counsel of the froward is carried head- 
long. 

They meet with darkness in the day-time, 
and grope in the noon- day as in the night. 

The Lord killeth, and maketh alive; he 
bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 

He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh 
signs and wonders in heaven and in earth. 

For of him, and through him, and to him, 
are all things: he is the living God, and stead- 
fast for ever; the blessed and only Potentate, 
the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 

Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the 
light which no man can approach unto : whom 
no man hath seen, nor can see; to whom be 
honour and power everlasting. Amen. 

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182 Selections from Scripture in general. 

|^1 AN ST thou by searching find out God? 
canst thou find out the Almighty unto 
perfection ? 

It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do? 
deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 

The measure thereof is longer than the 
earth, and broader than the sea. 

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; 
and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 

On the left hand, where he doth work, but 
I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the 
right hand, that I cannot see him : 

But he knoweth the way that I take : 

Hell is naked before him, and destruction 
hath no covering. 

He stretcheth out the north over the empty 
place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 

He bindeth up the waters in his thick 
clouds ; and the cloud is not rent under them. 

He holdeth back the face of his throne, and 
spreadeth his cloud upon it. 

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, 
until the day and night come to an end. 

The pillars of heaven tremble, and are as- 
tonished at his reproof. 



Selections from Scripture in general, 183 

He divideth the sea with his power, and 
by his understanding he smiteth through the 
proud. 

By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; 
his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. 

Lo, these are parts of his ways ; but how 
little a portion is heard of him? but the thun- 
der of his power who can understand? 

TLlf HO hath measured the waters ill the 
hollow of his hand, and meted out hea- 
ven with the span, and comprehended the dust 
of the earth in a measure, and weighed the 
mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 

Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, 
or, being his counsellor, hath taught him? 

With whom took he counsel, and who in- 
structed him, and taught him in the path o 
judgment, and taught him knowledge, and 
showed to him the way of understanding ? 

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, 
and are counted as the small dust of the ba- 
lance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very 
little thing. 

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor 
the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering* 



184 Selections from Scripture in general. 

All nations before him are as nothing ; and 
they are counted to him less than nothing, and 
vanity. 

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? 
hath it not been told you from the beginning ? 
have ye not understood from the foundations 
of the earth? 

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the 
earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grass- 
hoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a 
curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to 
dwell in : 

That bringeth the princes to nothing; he 
maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I 
be equal? saith the Holy One. 

Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who 
hath created these things, that bringeth out 
their host by number : he calleth them all by 
names, by the greatness of his might, for that 
he is strong in power; not one faileth. 

Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard,? 
that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Crea- 
tor of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, nei- 
ther is weary? there is no searching of his un- 
derstanding. 



Selections from Scripture in general. 185 

He giveth power to the faint ; and to them 
that have no might he increaseth strength. 

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, 
and the young men shall utterly fall : 

But they that wait upon the Lord shall re- 
new their strength ; they shall mount up with 
wings as eagles ; they shall run, and not be 
weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. 

For the Season of Advent* 

f^OMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, 
saith your God. 

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry 
unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, 
that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath re- 
ceived of the Lord's hand double for all her 
sins. 

The voice of him that crieth in the wilder- 
ness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make 
straight in the desert a high way for our 
God. 

Every valley shall be exalted, and every 
mountain and hill shall be made low : and the 
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough 
places plain : 

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186 Selections from Scripture in general. 

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, 
and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth 
of the Lord hath spoken it. 

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What 
shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the 
goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : 

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : be- 
cause the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it : 
surely the people is grass. 

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but 
the word of our God shall stand for ever. 

O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee 
up into the high mountain : O Jerusalem, that 
bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with 
strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto 
the cities of Judah, Behold your God ! 

Behold, the Lord God will come with strong 
hand, and his arm shall rule for him : behold, 
his reward is with him, and his work before 
him. 

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd : he 
shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry 
them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those 
that are with young. 



Selections from Scripture in general. 187 

TOEHOLD my servant, whom I uphold? 
mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth ; 
I have put my Spirit upon him: he shall bring 
forth judgment to the Gentiles. 

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his 
voice to be heard in the street. 

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the 
smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall 
bring forth judgment unto truth. 

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he 
have set judgment in the earth: and the isles 
shall wait for his law. 

Thus saith God the Lord, he that created 
the heavens, and stretched diem out ; he that 
spread forth the earth, and that which cometh 
out of it ; he that giveth breath unto the peo- 
ple upon it, and spirit to them that walk 
therein : 

I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, 
and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, 
and give thee for a covenant of the people, for 
a light of the Gentiles; 

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the 
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in 
darkness out of the prison-house. 



188 Selections from Scripture in general, 

I am the Lord: that is my name: and my 
glory will I not give to another, neither my 
praise to graven images. 

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; 
and break forth into singing, O mountains: 
for the Lord hath comforted his people, and 
will have mercy upon his afflicted. 

But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, 
and my Lord hath forgotten me. 

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that 
she should not have compassion on the son of 
her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I 
not forget thee. 

A RISE, shine; for thy light is come, and 
the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 

For behold, the darkness shall cover the 
earth, and gross darkness the people : but the 
Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall 
be seen upon thee. 

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, 
and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see : 
all they gather themselves together, they come 
to thee : thy sons shall come from far, and thy 
daughters shall be nursed at thy side. 



Selections from Scripture in general. 189 

Then thou shalt sec, and flow together, and 
thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged ; be- 
cause the abundance of the sea shall be con- 
verted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles 
shall come unto thee. 

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, 
wasting nor destruction within thy borders ; 
but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy 
gates Praise, 

The sun shall be no more thy light by day : 
neither for brightness shall the moon give light 
unto thee : but the Lord shall be unto thee an 
everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 

Thy son shall no more go down ; neither 
shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord 
shall be thine everlasting light, and the days 
of thy mourning shall be ended. 

Thy people also shall be all righteous : they 
shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of 
my planting, the work of my hands, that I 
may be glorified. 

A little one shall become a thousand, and a 
small one a strong nation : I the Lord will 
hasten it in his time. 



190 Selections from Scripture in general. 

f¥^HE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; 
because the Lord hath anointed me to 
preach good tidings unto the meek : he hath 
sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to 
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the open- 
ing of the prison to them that are bound ; 

To proclaim the acceptable year of the 
Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God ; 
to comfort all that mourn ; 

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, 
to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of 
joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the 
spirit of heaviness ; that they might be called 
Trees of righteousness, The planting of the 
Lord, that he might be glorified. 

Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall 
return, and come with singing unto Zion; and 
everlasting joy shall be upon their head; they 
shall obtain gladness and joy ; and sorrow and 
mourning shall flee away. 

I, even I, am he that comforteth you : \\ ho 
art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a 
man that shall die, and of the son of man 
which shall be made as grass; 

And forgettest the Lord thy Maker, that 



Selections from'Scripture in general. 191 

hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the 
foundations of the earth ; and hast feared con- 
tinually every day because of the fury of the 
oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and 
where is the fury of the oppressor ? 

I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my 
people : and the voice of weeping shall be no 
more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 

There shall be no more thence an infant of 
days, nor an old man that hath not filled his 
days: for the child shall die an hundred years 
old : but the sinner being an hundred years 
old shall be accursed. 

And they shall build houses, and inhabit 
them ; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat 
the fruit of them. 

They shall not build, and another inhabit ; 
they shall not plant, and another eat : for as the 
days of a tree are the days of my people, and 
mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their 
hands. 

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring 
forth for trouble ; for they are the seed of the 
blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with 
them. 

And it shall come to pass, that before they 



192 Selections from Scripture in general. 

call, I will answer; and while they are yet 
speaking, I will hear. 

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, 
and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock : 
and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They 
shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy moun- 
tain, saith the Lord. 

TL^EAR God, and keep his commandments: 
for this is the whole duty of man. 

For God shall bring every work into judg- 
ment, with every secret thing, whether it be 
good or whether it be evil. 

The Lord will take vengeance on his ad- 
versaries, and he reserveth wrath for his ene- 
mies. 

The Lord is slow to anger, and great in 
power, and will not at all acquit the wicked : 

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one 
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thou- 
sand years, and a thousand years as one day. 

The Lord is not slack concerning his pro- 
mise, as some men count slackness; but is 
long-suffering to us- ward, not willing that any 
should perish, but that all should come to re- 
pentance. 



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But the day of the Lord will come as a thief 
in the night; in the which the heavens shall 
pass away with a great noise, and the elements 
shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, 
and the works that are therein shall be burned 
up. 

Seeing then that all these things shall be 
dissolved, what manner of persons ought yc 
to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of 
the day of God, wherein the heavens being on 
fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall 
melt with fervent heat? 

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, 
look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein 
dwelleth righteousness. 

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for 
such things, be diligent that ye may be found 
qf him in peace, without spot, and blameless, 

ND I saw a great white throne, and him 
that sat on it, from whose face the earth 
and the heaven fled away ; and there was found 
no place for them. 

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand 
before God ; and the books were opened : and 
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194 Selections from Scripture in general. 

another book was opened, which is the book 
of life : and the dead were judged out of those 
things which were written in the books, ac- 
cording to their works, j 

And the sea gave up the dead which were 
in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead 
which were in them: and they were judged 
every man according to their works. 

And the kings pf the earth, and the great 
men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, 
and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and 
every free-man, hid themselves in the dens 
and in the rocks of the mountains ; 

And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall 
on us, and hide us from the face of him that 
sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of 
the Lamb : 

For the great day of his wrath is come ; 
and who shall be able to stand? 

And whosoever was not found written in 
the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. 

And those which have washed their robes, 
and made them white in the blood of the Lamb, 
are before the throne of God, and serve him 
day and night in his temple. 

And he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell 
among- them. 



Selections from Scripture in general. 195 

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst 
any more, neither shall the sun light on them, 
nor any heat. 

For the Lamb which is in the midst of the 
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them 
unto living fountains of waters : and God shall 
wipe away all tears from their eyes. 

For Christmas Day. 

T%/I*Y soul doth magnify the Lord, and my 
spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour, 

For he that is mighty hath done great 
things; and holy is his name. 

And his mercy is on them that fear him, 
from generation to generation. 

He hath showed strength with his arm; he 
hath scattered the proud in the imagination of 
their hearts. 

He hath put down the mighty from their 
seats, and exalted them of low degree. 

He hath filled the hungry with good things, 
and the rich he hath sent empty away. 

He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remem- 
brance of his mercy ; 

As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham , 
and to his seed, for ever. 



196 Selections from Scripture in general. 

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son 
is given: and the government shall be upon 
his shoulder: and his name shall be called 
Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, 
The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 

Of the increase of his government and 
peace there shall be no end, upon the throne 
of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it ? 
and to establish it with judgment and with 
justice from henceforth even for ever, 

"O LESSED be the Lord God of Israel ; for 
^^ he hath visited and redeemed his people. 

And hath raised up a horn of salvation for 
us, in the house of his servant David : 

As he spake by the mouth of his holy pro- 
phets, which have been since the world began : 

That we should be saved from our enemies., 
and from the hand of all that hate us ; 

To perform the mercy promised to our fa- 
thers, and to remember his holy covenant ; 

The oath which he sware to our father 
Abraham, 

That he would grant unto us, that we, be- 
ing delivered out of the hand of our enemies, 
might serve him without fear, 






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In holiness and righteousness before him all 
the days of our life. 

And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet 
of the Highest, for thou shalt go before the 
face of the Lord to prepare his ways ; 

To give knowledge of salvation unto his 
people, by the remission of their sins, 

Through the tender mercy of our God ; 
whereby the day-spring from on high hath 
visited us. 

To give light to them that sit in darkness 
and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet 
into the way of peace. 

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart 
in peace, according to thy word : 

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 

Which thou hast prepared before the face of 
all people : 

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the 
glory of thy people Israel. 

For Good-Friday. 

"O EHOLD, my servant shall deal prudently, 
he shall be exalted and extolled, and be 
very high, 

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198 Selections from Scripture in general. 

As many were astonished at thee ; his vis- 
age was so marred more than any man, and 
his form more than the sons of men : 

Who hath believed our report? and to 
whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 

For he shall grow up before him as a tender 
plant, and as a root out of a dry ground : he 
hath no form nor comeliness; and when we 
shall see him, there is no beauty that we should 
desire him. 

He is despised and rejected of men; a man 
of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and 
we hid as it were our faces from him ; he was 
despised, and we esteemed him not. 

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried 
our sorrows : yet Ave did esteem him stricken, 
smitten of God, and afflicted. 

But he was wounded for our transgressions, 
he was bruised for our iniquities ; the chastise- 
ment of our peace was upon him ; and with 
his stripes we are healed. 

All we like sheep have gone astray; we 
have turned every one to his own way; and 
the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us 
all. 

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, 



Selections from Scripture in general. 199 

yet he opened not his mouth : he is brought as 
a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before 
her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his 
mouth. 

He was taken from prison and from judg- 
ment: and who shall declare his generation"? 
for he was cut off out of the land of the living : 
for the transgression of my people was he 
stricken. 

And he made his grave with the wicked, 
and with the rich in his death; because he 
had done no violence, neither was any deceit 
in his mouth. 

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; he 
hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make 
his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his 
seed, he shall prolong his days, and the plea- 
sure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and 
shall be satisfied : by his knowledge shall my 
righteous servant justify many; for he shall 
bear their iniquities. 

Therefore will I divide him a portion with 
the great, and he shall divide the spoil with 
the strong ; because he hath poured out his* 
soul unto death : and he was numbered with 



£00 Selections from Scripture in general. 

the transgressors; and he bare the sin of man}', 
and made intercession for the transgressors. 

For Easter- Sunday. 

l^TOW is Christ risen from the dead, and 
become the first-fruits of them that slept. 

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose 
again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus 
will God bring with him. 

For the Lord himself shall descend from 
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the 
archangel, and with the trump of God : and 
the dead in Christ shall rise first : 

Then we which are alive and remain shall 
be caught up together with them in the clouds, 
to meet the Lord in the air : and so shall we 
t^ver be with the Lord. 

For the Lord Jesus Christ shall change our 
vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto 
his glorious body, according to the working 
whereby he is able even to subdue all things 
unto himself. 

It is sown in corruption, it is raised in in- 
corruption : 

It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory : 
it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power : 



Selections from Scripture in general, 201 

It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spi- 
ritual body. 

For this corruptible must put on incorrup- 
tion, and this mortal must put on immortality. 

So when this corruptible shall have put on 
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on 
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the 
saying that is written, Death is swallowed up 
in victory. 

O death, where is thy sting? O grave ? 
where is thy victory ? 

The sting of death is sin ; and the strength 
of sin is the law. 

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the 
victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye 
steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in 
the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know 
that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

And behold, I come quickly ; and my re- 
ward' is with me, to give every man according 
as his work shall be. 

Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man 
take thy crown. 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, which? according to his abundant 



202 Selections from Scripture in general. 

mercy, hath begotten us again unto a live!) 
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from 
the dead, 

To an inheritance incorruptible, and unde - 
filed, and that fadeth not away, 

For Whitsunday, 

k ND when the day of Pentecost" was fully 
come, they were all with one accord in 
one place. 

And suddenly there came a sound from 
heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it 
filled all the house where they were sitting. 

And there appeared unto them cloven 
tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of 
them. 

And they were all filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, 
as the Spirit gave them utterance. 

And fear came upon every soul; and "many 
wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 

This, is that which was spoken by the pro- 
phet Joel, 

And it shall come to pass in the last days, 
saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all 



Selections from Scripture in general 20$ 

Hesh : and your sons and your daughters shall 
prophesy, and your young men shall see vi- 
sions, and your old men shall dream dreams. 

And on my servants, and on my hand- 
maidens I will pour out in those days of my 
Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 

And I will show wonders in heaven above, 
and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and 
fire, and vapour of smoke. 

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and 
the moon into blood, before that great and 
notable day of the Lord come. 

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever 
^shali call on the name of the Lord, shall be 
saved. 

T" ET not your heart be troubled; ye believe 
in God, believe also in me. 

In my Father's house are many mansions; 
if it were not so, I would have told you. I 
go to prepare a place for you. 

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I 
will come again, and receive you unto myself; 
that where I am, there ye may be also. 

Your sorrow shall be turned into joy, and 
your joy no man taketh from you. 



204 Selections from Scripture in general. 

And I will pray the Father, and he shall 
give you another Comforter, that he may abide 
with you for ever, 

Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world 
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, nei- 
ther knoweth him. 

I will not leave you comfortless: I will 
come to you. 

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give 
unto you ; not as the world giveth give I unto 
you* 



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